Part XXIII Oversea Companies

Chapter I Registration, Etc.

C1F1693 Obligation to state name and other particulars.

1

Every oversea company shall—

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in every prospectus inviting subscriptions for its shares or debentures in Great Britain, state the country in which the company is incorporated,

b

conspicuously exhibit on every place where it carries on business in Great Britain the company’s name and the country in which it is incorporated,

c

cause the company’s name and the country in which it is incorporated to be stated in legible characters in all bill-heads and letter paper, and in all notices and other official publications of the company, and

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if the liability of the members of the company is limited, cause notice of that fact to be stated in legible characters F3in every such prospectus as above mentioned and in all bill-heads, letter paper, notices and other official publications of the company in Great Britain, and to be affixed on every place where it carries on its business.

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Every company to which section 690A applies shall, in the case of each branch of the company registered under paragraph 1 of Schedule 21A, cause the following particulars to be stated in legible characters in all letter paper and order forms used in carrying on the business of the branch—

a

the place of registration of the branch, and

b

the registered number of the branch.

3

Every company to which section 690A applies, which is not incorporated in a Member State and which is required by the law of the country in which it is incorporated to be registered shall, in the case of each branch of the company registered under paragraph 1 of Schedule 21A, cause the following particulars to be stated in legible characters in all letter paper and order forms used in carrying on the business of the branch—

a

the identity of the registry in which the company is registered in its country of incorporation, and

b

the number with which it is registered.

4

Every company to which section 690A applies and which is not incorporated in a Member State shall, in the case of each branch of the company registered under paragraph 1 of Schedule 21A, cause the following particulars to be stated in legible characters in all letter paper and order forms used in carrying on the business of the branch—

a

the legal form of the company,

b

the location of its head office, and

c

if applicable, the fact that it is being wound up.