Companies Act (Cap. 386)
Companies Act (Cap. 386), article 69
69. (1) The memorandum of every company shall state:
(a) whether the company is a public company or a private
company;
(b) the name and residence of each of the subscribers
thereto;
(c) the name of the company;
(d) the registered office in Malta and the electronic mail
address of the company;
(e) the objects of the company;
(f) the amount of share capital with which the company
proposes to be registered (h ereinafter referred to as
"the authorised capital"), the division thereof into
shares of a fixed amount, the number of shares taken
up by each of the subscribers and the amount paid up
in respect of each share and, where the share capital is
divided into different classes of shares, the rights
attaching to the shares of each class;
(g) the number of the directors, the name and residence of
the first directors and, where any of the directors is a
body corporate, the name and registered or principal
office of the body corporate, the manner in which the
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representation of the company is to be exercised, and
the name of the first person or persons vested with
such representation;
(h) the name and residence of the first company secretary
or secretaries, or where a company secretary is a body
corporate, the name, registration number and registered
office of the body corporate;
(i) t h e p e r i o d , i f a n y , f i x e d f o r t h e d u r a t i o n o f t h e
company.
(2) In the case of a public company, there shall be annexed to
the memorandum a document providing:
(a) the total amount or an estimate of all the costs payable
by the company or chargeable to it by reason of its
formation up to the time it is authorised to commence
business, and of all the costs relating to transactions
leading to such authorisation; and
(b) a description of any special advantage granted prior to
the time the company is authorized to commence
business to anyone who has taken part in the formation
of the company or in transactions leading to such
authorisation:
Provided that, where in acco rdance with the proviso to
article 77(1), a company is author ised to commence business at a
date later than the date of its registration, the said document shall
be delivered to the Registrar for registration within fourteen days
from the date the co mpany is authorised to commence business.
(3) Companies formed and registered before the coming into
force of this sub-article shall comply with the provisions of s ub-
article (1)( f) on the disclosure, in the memorandum of association
of the company, of the rights attaching to the shares of each
different class, within twelve months from the coming into forc e of
this sub-article:
Provided that companies form ed and registered before the
coming into force of this sub-article shall be deemed to satisf y the
requirements of sub-article (1)( f) on the disclosure, in the
memorandum of association, of the rights attaching to the share s of
each different class, if such provision or equivalent thereof i s
already incorporated i n the articles of asso ciation of the comp any.
(4) It shall be the duty of the directors and of the company
secretary to ensure that the reg istered electroni c mail address of the
company, as included in the memorandum and registered with the
Registrar, is regularly monitored such that any electronic mail sent to it
by the Registrar is brought to the attention of an officer of t he
company.
Name of company.
Amended by:
IV . 2003.42;
XIII. 2004.96;
XX. 2013.76.
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