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Version Superseded: 06/04/2008

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[F1364 Contents of annual return: general. E+W+S

(1)Every annual return shall state the date to which it is made up and shall contain the following information—

(a)the address of the company’s registered office;

(b)the type of company it is and its principal business activities;

(c)the name and address of the company secretary;

(d)the name and address of every director of the company;

(e)in the case of each individual director—

(i)his nationality, date of birth and business occupation, F2. . .

F2(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g)if the register of members is not kept at the company’s registered office, the address of the place where it is kept;

(h)if any register of debenture holders (or a duplicate of any such register or a part of it) is not kept at the company’s registered office, the address of the place where it is kept;

F4(i). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)The information as to the company’s type shall be given by reference to the classification scheme prescribed for the purposes of this section.

(3)The information as to the company’s principal business activities may be given by reference to one or more categories of any prescribed system of classifying business activities.

(4)A person’s “name” and “address” mean, respectively—

(a)in the case of an individual, his Christian name (or other forename) and surname and his usual residential address;

(b)in the case of a corporation or Scottish firm, its corporate or firm name and its registered or principal office.

(5)In the case of a peer, or an individual usually known by a title, the title may be stated instead of his Christian name (or other forename) and surname or in addition to either or both of them.

(6)Where all the partners in a firm are joint secretaries, the name and principal office of the firm may be stated instead of the names and addresses of the partners.]

Textual Amendments

F1Chapter III (ss. 363–365) substituted (subject to the transitional and saving provisions in S.I. 1990/1707, arts. 4, 5) by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 139(1), 213(2)

F2S. 364(1)(e)(ii) and preceding word repealed (13.9.1999) by S.I. 1999/2322, reg. 2(a)

F3S. 364(1)(f) repealed (13.9.1999) by S.I. 1999/2322, reg. 2(b)

F4S. 364(1)(i) repealed (13.9.1999) by S.I. 1999/2322, reg. 2(c)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 364 applied with modifications by S.I. 1985/680, regs. 4–6, Sch.

C3S. 364 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1090, reg. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I

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