Product Description

This ICSA Handbook is a practical guide to the legislation governing companies and company secretarial procedures. Coverage is comprehensive - from incorporation to winding up - detailing along the way the procedures associated with boards of directors, company meetings, corporate compliance, reporting, shares and share registration. The Handbook also includes chapters on public issues, corporate governance, company investigations and insolvency. This new edition has been completely revised and updated to include all the changes resulting from the implementation of the Companies Act 2006.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #453063 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 528 pages

From the Inside Flap
The ICSA Handbook is a practical annual guide to the legislation governing companies and company secretarial procedures.

Coverage is comprehensive – from incorporation to winding up – detailing along the way the procedures associated with boards of directors, company meetings, corporate compliance, reporting, shares and share registration.

The Handbook also includes chapters on public issues, corporate governance, company investigations and insolvency.

The detailed commentary is accompanied by over 80 precedents, appendices which include Table A of the 1985 Companies Act and the 2003 Combined Code, a glossary of key terms and a Directory of key company secretarial resources.

New for the 5th edition:
Coverage of:
· the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Bill
· the Companies (Acquisition of Own Shares) (Treasury Shares) Regulations 2003
· the Societas Europea
· the draft Operating and Financial Review (OFR) regulations
· revised small company audit exemption figures
· International Financial Reporting Standards

Resource Bank on CD-ROM
All precedents featured in the book are available for customisation on the accompanying CD-ROM, together with associated company forms, key reference material and a directory of web resources.

Additional checklists and quick reference material are available in the Handbook’s companion volume, The ICSA Company Secretary’s Checklists, also published by ICSA Publishing.

About the Author
Douglas Armour FCIS is a partner of David Venus & Company, a leading independent firm of Chartered Secretaries specialising in company secretarial practice and company law consultancy. He has a wealth of experience of all aspects of company secretarial procedures and acts as company secretary for a wide range of public and private companies.