Jordans Company Secretarial Precedents is an essential reference guide for all professionals carrying out company administration work. It contains hundreds of precedents and forms dealing with every aspect of company administration, from alterations to articles of association, decision-making by shareholders and directors, through to re-registration and striking off. Each form and precedent is accompanied by concise details of when and how the document should be used, and whether it relates to private or to unlisted public companies.In this new edition, the precedents and commentary has been fully updated to take into account the implementation of the Companies Act 2006. These include:

• The new draft model articles of association for private limited companies
• Incorporation and re-registration
• Directors duties
• Decision-making, meetings, resolutions and electronic communications
• Share capital – the new rules and the special considerations for pre-2006 Act companies
• Accounts and public reporting.

In addition, annotations provide cross-references to relevant legislative provisions throughout the book. The right precedent to use or adapt is easy to find and offers the reassurance that it has been drafted and used by practising corporate administration and company secretarial experts. All of the precedents and forms are included on the accompanying CD-ROM, allowing you to adapt them quickly to suit your own requirements.

This is an essential resource for all company secretaries and administrators, company solicitors and accountants offering company secretarial services plus in-house lawyers.

HGM Leighton, Director, West of England Trust Limited
Peter Van Duzer, Solicitor and company secretarial consultant
Cecile Gillard, Charities Legal Manager, Burton Sweet

• Incorporation of a private limited company
• Limited liability partnerships
• Community interest companies
• Alterations to articles of association
• Company names
• Re-registration
• Shares and share capital
• Annual report, accounts and auditors
• Borrowing and debentures
• Dividends and loan interest
• Directors and the secretary
• Execution of documents and the company seal
• Statutory and other registers and records
• Company meetings
• Written resolutions
• Electronic communications
• Striking off
• Appendices
  • Model Articles for a private share company (Companies Act 2006)
  • Jordans’ standard form Articles of Association for a private company limited by shares
  • Table A – Companies Act 2005
  • Interim Table A – 2007 version
  • Versions of Model Articles and their effective dates
  • Useful contacts

"an excellent guide to the administration of private companies" 
German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce

Reviews from previous editions:

"an essential reference work for all those engaged in company administration"
ACCOUNTING WORLD AND ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN

"If the acid test for a precedent book is its accessibility and coverage, then Jordans has come very close to finding a winning formula"
THE COMPANY SECRETARY

"... offers comprehensive and easy guidance to anyone facing the task of secretarial administration. It can be highly recommended to both laymen and professionals alike"
GERMAN-BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

"This is a fantastic text which provides useful and practical precedents. Every area of Company Administration is included ... Anyone who regularly drafts board minutes, resolutions and the like should seriously consider purchasing this text"
THE STUDENT LAW JOURNAL

"a most useful guide ... The book contains numerous expertly drafted precedents and forms with advice on their use and content"
ACCOUNTANCY IRELAND