Share capital represents the amount that the shareholders invest in a company. Share capital may be increased or reduced. If the shares are paid for then the shares are considered paid up. If shares are partially paid or have yet to be paid up then we classify this as unpaid share capital. The shareholders holding [...]
For certain reasons, a company may wish to remove a director. Some of the reasons may be: Poor performance Breach of duties to the company Negative limelight on the individual In a private company According to the Companies Act, the removal of a company director is through an ordinary shareholder's resolution. This is provided if [...]
Certain companies may decide to close down for a variety of reasons. These companies may have ceased business and the shareholders and directors may decide that they would like to close down the company. Some other reasons might include unprofitability of business, the retirement of key personnel and disagreements among key members in the company. [...]
Dividends are the distribution of a company's profits to its shareholders. The shareholders are the owners of the company and they subscribed to the shares of the company. Dividends can only be paid if the company has profits. Paying dividends when a company has no profits is illegal. If a director of a company approves the [...]
In Singapore, every company has to have at least one director. In some cases, a company can have more than one director and this is very common. Every company requires at least one of the director to be a resident director. A resident director is a director whose normal place of residence is in Singapore. [...]
Singapore is one of the most convenient places in the world to set up a company. If all the documentation is complete, a company can be set up in less than a day. Once a company is set up, the responsibility is placed on the directors to adhere to the constitution of the company and [...]
A charge is a form of a security interest that a company puts to a lender or creditor to secure repayment of a loan. There are fixed and floating charges. A fixed charge is a charge on secured assets. These may be charges on things like property, machinery, shares. A floating charge is a charge [...]
The Company Constitution is a set of document that sets out the rules and manner in which the company is being regulated and managed. In the past, this was referred to as the Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association. Since 3rd January 2016, these two documents have been merged into the Company Constitution. In [...]
In Singapore, a company can make dividend payments only if it is making a profit. Dividend payments are recommended by directors of a company and will be voted on and approved by shareholders at the company's Annual General Meeting (AGM). Once these dividend payments receive the required number of votes and are approved, they are [...]
There may be times when you may want to sell your shares of your private company to someone. You may also want to purchase the shares of another private company. Here are some steps which should be followed. Documents required An Instrument of Transfer (An agreement between the transferor and transferee for the transfer or [...]