Changing company name
Discussion
The name of a company can only be changed by the shareholders passing a Special Resolution at a General Meeting (usually an Extraordinary General Meeting).
If you go to the Companies House website, click on "Forms" at the top of the screen. Then go to the "forms Avialable in PDF Format" section and click on that. A long list of forms will appear. Scroll down this list and you will come to Forms PC9 and PC10. These are pro-forma wordings of the legal requirements of the Special Resolution that needs to be filed at Companies House.
If you go to the Companies House website, click on "Forms" at the top of the screen. Then go to the "forms Avialable in PDF Format" section and click on that. A long list of forms will appear. Scroll down this list and you will come to Forms PC9 and PC10. These are pro-forma wordings of the legal requirements of the Special Resolution that needs to be filed at Companies House.
A Special Resolution means a resolution passed by the members (i.e the shareholders) at a General Meeting (such as AGM or an EGM). A written resolution is the the written evidence of the Special Resolution - I think.
Ordinary Resoltions are passed by the Directors rather than the Shareholders. Company Law dictates what things require Ordinary or Special Resolutions.
(Sorry about the bum-steer on the form numbers
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Ordinary Resoltions are passed by the Directors rather than the Shareholders. Company Law dictates what things require Ordinary or Special Resolutions.
(Sorry about the bum-steer on the form numbers
)Ordinary resolutions require only a simple majority of those shareholders eligible to vote and actually voting
Special resolutions require a 75% majority
Written resolutions can apply to either. There are specific notice requirements including notice periods which apply to each form of resolution but you can bypass those and the need to have an EGM if you use the written resolution done
From memory I think you have to have everyone who is eligible to vote signing the written resolution - basically everyone is agreeing to the resolution without requiring notice
If it's a small company with only a few shareholders then a written resolution is a lot easier than the formal EGM and notice route
Special resolutions require a 75% majority
Written resolutions can apply to either. There are specific notice requirements including notice periods which apply to each form of resolution but you can bypass those and the need to have an EGM if you use the written resolution done
From memory I think you have to have everyone who is eligible to vote signing the written resolution - basically everyone is agreeing to the resolution without requiring notice
If it's a small company with only a few shareholders then a written resolution is a lot easier than the formal EGM and notice route
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