This edition is now out of print. The new, 7th edition is due to publication in December 2007, and will include all the changes relating to the implementation of the Companies Act 2006.

For details about the ICSA Company Secretary's Handbook, 7th edition, click here.

About the 6th edition:

This ICSA Handbook is a practical guide to the legislation governing companies and company secretarial procedures.

Coverage is comprehensive – from incorporation to winding up – detailing along the way the procedures associated with boards of directors, company meetings, corporate compliance, reporting, shares and share registration. The Handbook also includes chapters on public issues, corporate governance, company investigations and insolvency.

The detailed commentary is accompanied by over 80 precedents, appendices which include:

• Table A of the 1985 Companies Act
• The Combined Code on Corporate Governance
• A glossary of key terms
• A directory of key company secretarial resources.

New for the 6th edition:

• the restructuring and reorganisation of the Listing Rules into the Listing, Disclosure and Prospectus Rules
• implementation of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004
• International Accounting Standards
• revised guidance on internal control (The Turnbull Guidance)
• a summary of the main proposals outlined in the Company Law Reform Bill

All precedents featured in the book are available for customisation on the accompanying CD-ROM, together with associated company forms, key reference material and a directory of web resources.

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Paperback + CD •  ISBN: 9781860723193 •   512 pages • Published April 2006 • £45.00

Contents
Company Secretary
Corporate structures and registration
Directors and board meetings
General meetings
Compliance
Public issues
Statutory registers
Accounts and auditing
Share capital
Share issues and company purchases of shares
Share registration
Dividends
Corporate governance
Investigation of companies
Acquisitions, mergers and disposals
Overseas companies and EEIGs
Insolvency
Precedents
Appendices
Glossary
Directory

About the author
Douglas Armour: Douglas Armour FCIS is a Partner of David Venus & Company LLP, a firm of Chartered Secretaries specialising in company law, corporate compliance, share registration and health & safety solutions and advice for directors, company secretaries, shareholders and their advisers. He has a wealth of experience of all aspects of company secretarial procedures and acts as company secretary for a wide range of public and private companies.