Corporate secretaryship is concerned with the procedures and best practice necessary to ensure compliance with the legal and regulatory framework within which companies operate. This guide looks at this wide-ranging field in detail, with coverage of all core company secretarial functions, including: company formation, compliance and reporting, corporate governance, meetings and share registration and dealing. It also covers the particular regulations governing listed companies.

Each title in the ICSA Professional Development Series is a self-contained unit, covering the essentials the subject in a concise, easily digestible format. Topic coverage is comprehensive, and the books also include a number of features to reinforce understanding, and additional reference tools such as glossaries of key terms and directories of further reading and internet resources.

Paperback •  ISBN: 9781860723537 •   Published July 2006 • £32.50

Contents
 
Part One: The secretary, directors and members
The role of the company secretary 
The directors 
The members 
 
Part Two: Compliance
Company formation 
The Memorandum and Articles of Association 
Statutory compliance 
Regulation of listed companies 
Annual report and accounts, and auditors 
Corporate governance 
Insolvency, winding up and dissolution
   
Part Three: Meetings and Resolutions
Meetings of the members 
Meetings of the board 
   
Part Four: Shares
Shares and share capital 
Share registration
Dividends 
Employee share schemes 
    
Appendices, including:-
Duties of a company secretary
Document retention periods
The Combined Code

About the author
Luke Thomas: Luke Thomas is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and holds a post graduate degree in Legal Practice. Since 2000 he has been the Chief Examiner for Corporate Secretaryship (previously Company Secretarial Practice). He has over 15 years' experience as a company secretary and is currently the Deputy Company Secretary of Spirent plc, a company listed on the London and New York Stock Exchanges.