Road map - Australian companies

Starting a company

Registering a company
INFO 8 ASIC corporate key
INFO 5 Application for suppression of residential address
INFO 58 Registering a company - proof of identity for personal cheques
INFO 61 How to register a company

Company type
INFO 18 Changing company type
INFO 49 Minimum officeholders

Company names
RG 13 ACN, ARBN and company names
RG 50 Omission of "Limited" from company names
INFO 4 Reinstatement of the registration of a company
INFO 12 ASIC search information and fees
INFO 16 Changing a company name
INFO 38 Identical names check - an ASIC internet service
INFO 71 Similar company names

Company numbers
INFO 13 Australian company numbers

Registered office and place of business
INFO 7 Are your company details up to date?

Replaceable rules and constitution
RG 134 Managed investments: Constitutions
INFO 23 Constitution and replaceable rules
INFO 63 Replaceable rules outlined

Officeholders

See also Directors' and other officers' obligations
INFO 2 Alternate directors
INFO 5 Application for suppression of residential address
INFO 49 Minimum officeholders
INFO 73 The importance of sole company directors/shareholders of having a will

Issuing shares
INFO 15 Cancellation of shares
INFO 56 Reduction in share capital
INFO 70 Shares

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Running a company

Directors' and other officers' obligations

See also Winding up companies: company officer obligations and Financial reporting: directors report
RG 9 Relevant interests in shares
RG 22 Directors’ statement as to solvency
RG 24 Disclosure of directors’ interests — unissued shares
RG 64 Failure to lodge documents
RG 76 Related party transactions
RG 193 Notification of directors' interests in securities—listed companies
CO 01/1519 Disclosure of directors interests
CO 98/2395 Transfer of information from the directors' report
INFO 5 Application for suppression of residential address
INFO 7 Are your company details up to date?
INFO 20 Checklists for registered companies and their officers
INFO 26 Don't get burned
INFO 42 Insolvency: A guide for directors
INFO 50 Notifying the ASX about director's interests in company securities
INFO 76 What books and records should my company keep?
INFO 79 Your company and the law

Annual review
INFO 3 Annual statements and late fees
INFO 10 ASIC initiated deregistration of a company

Change of details
INFO 5 Application for suppression of residential address
INFO 7 Are your company details up to date?
INFO 15 Cancellation of shares
INFO 16 Changing a company name
INFO 17 Changing a financial year
INFO 18 Changing company type
INFO 20 Checklists for registered companies and their officers
INFO 56 Reduction in share capital

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Forms
INFO 57 Software you need
INFO 77 What you need to know about registered agents

Fees
INFO 3 Annual statements and late fees
INFO 30 Fees for commonly lodged documents
INFO 37 How to avoid late fees

Meetings
RG 44 Annual general meeting – extension of time
RG 68 New financial reporting and procedural requirements
RG 128 Collective action by institutional investors
RG 174 Externally administered companies: Financial reporting and AGMs
CO 99/840 Transitional relief and quorum requirements
CO 00/455 Collective action by institutional investors
INFO 17 Changing a financial year
INFO 22 Company resolutions
INFO 72 Special resolutions

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Members
INFO 47 Members

Registers and record keeping

See also Financial reporting: record keeping
RG 63 Access to debenture and prescribed interest registers
RG 85 Reporting requirements for non-reporting entities
RG 86 Beneficial ownership notices
CO 98/101 Members of companies, registered schemes and disclosing entities who are uncontactable
INFO 19 Charges
INFO 76 What books and records should my company keep?

Reporting to shareholders, including financial reporting

See also Financial reporting
RG 174 Externally administered companies: Financial reporting and AGMs
CO 98/2395 Transfer of information from the directors' report
INFO 31 Financial reports

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Audits

See also Financial reporting and Auditors
RG 43 Accounts and audit relief
RG 115 Audit relief for proprietary companies
INFO 62 Removal of an auditor under the Corporations Act 2001

Solvency declarations
RG 22 Directors’ statement as to solvency

Continuous disclosure
RG 95 Disclosing entity provisions relief
RG 25 Takeovers: False and misleading statements
RG 62 Better disclosure for investors
RG 73 Continuous disclosure obligations: infringement notices

Superannuation
INFO 89 What can I tell my employees about making a choice of superannuation fund?

Fundraising

Takeovers and reconstructions

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Winding up companies and insolvent external administration

RG 174 Externally administered companies: Financial reporting and AGMs
CO 03/392 Externally administered companies: Financial reporting relief
INFO 41 Insolvency: A glossary of terms
INFO 42 Insolvency: A guide for directors
INFO 43 Insolvency: A guide for shareholders
INFO 45 Liquidation - A guide for creditors
INFO 46 Liquidation - A guide for employees

Voluntary administration and deeds of company arrangement
RG 82 External administration: deeds of company arrangement involving a creditors’ trust
INFO 74 Voluntary administration: a guide for creditors
INFO 75 Voluntary administration: a guide for employees

Receiverships and controllerships
RG 14 Receivers—retention of company records
RG 16 External administrators—reporting and lodging
INFO 54 Receivership: a guide for creditors
INFO 55 Receivership: a guide for employees

Schemes of arrangement

See also Takeovers and reconstructions: schemes of arrangement
RG 60 Schemes of arrangement – s411(17)
RG 142 Schemes of arrangement and ASIC review

Company officers' obligations

See also Directors and other officers obligations
RG 81Destruction of books
INFO 53 Providing assistance to external administrators: books, records and RATA

External administrators

See also Liquidators
RG 16 External administrators—reporting and lodging
RG 82 External administration: deeds of company arrangement involving a creditors’ trust
RG 174 Externally administered companies: Financial reporting and AGMs
CP 96 Insurance requirements for registered liquidators

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Deregistration of companies

Company initiated deregistration
RG 64 Failure to lodge documents
INFO 25 Deregistering a company
INFO 78 Winding up a solvent company

ASIC initiated deregistration
RG 64 Failure to lodge documents
INFO 10 ASIC initiated deregistration of a company

Reinstatement
RG 83 Reinstatements
INFO 4 Reinstatement of the registration of a company

Deregistered companies
RG 83 Reinstatements
INFO 67 Section 601AE Corporations Act 2001 - Sale of assets of a deregistered company
INFO 68 Section 601AF Corporations Act 2001 - What happens to assets of deregistered companies?

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Australian registrable bodies

See Other entities: Registrable Australian body

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Disqualification from managing a corporation

See also Dealing with ASIC: Banning and disqualification
INFO 14 Bankruptcy and personal insolvency agreements

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ASIC Website: Printed 03/19/2010

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