The course will start at 9:00 and finish at 16:30. Time has been given for breaks throughout the day.
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Introduction to company law
- What is a company?
- Limited liability
- Management and ownership
- How a company works
- Sources of law
The company secretary
- Status, powers, role and duties of the company secretary
- Company secretarial department
Shares, capital and the stock exchange
- How companies raise capital
- Types of shares
- Debentures and loan stock and loans
- The role of the stock exchange
- Buying and selling shares
- Share transfers
Statutory books, forms and documents
- Filing forms at Companies House
- Keeping the statutory registers
- Minute books
- Accounts
- Directors' service contracts
Directors
- The role, duties and liabilities of directors
- Appointment and removal
- Executive and non-executive directors
- Board meetings and committees of the board
Shareholder meetings
- Organising an annual general meeting
- Notice
- Resolutions
- Voting
- Minutes
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