Event-based SECP filings for all companies
When a company changes its name, office, business, status, shares, capital or charges, these are the forms and deadlines.
Who it applies to
Every company, whenever the event happens
Forms and deadlines
| Item | Detail | Law |
|---|---|---|
| Change of name | App-1 for the new name, then Form-26 within 15 days of the special resolution, with amended memorandum and articles | s.10, s.12, s.13 |
| Registered office – same city | Form-21 within 15 days | s.21 |
| Registered office – another city, same province | Form-21 and Form-26 within 15 days | s.21, s.150 |
| Registered office – another province / ICT | Form-21 and Form-26, petition to the Commission, creditors' consent | s.21, s.32, s.150 |
| Books of account kept elsewhere | Form-21 within 7 days of the board decision | s.21, s.220 |
| Change in principal line of business | Form-4 within 30 days, Form-26 within 15 days, amended memorandum | s.26, s.32(1)(b), reg 36 |
| Conversion of status (public↔private, private↔SMC, unlimited↔limited, guarantee↔shares) | Form-26 within 15 days, with Form-9/Form-3 as needed, NOCs and amended memorandum and articles | s.46–49, reg 38 |
| Further allotment of shares | Form-3 within 45 days, with the auditor's report (cash) or valuation (non-cash) | s.70, s.83 |
| Change of more than 25% in shareholding or voting rights | Form-3 within 15 days of crossing the threshold | s.465(4), reg 41 |
| Alteration of share capital (increase, split, consolidation, cancellation) | Form-7 and Form-26 within 15 days of the special resolution | s.85, s.150 |
| Mortgages, charges, pledges | Form-10 within 30 days of creation, modification or satisfaction | s.100–109 |
| Inactive status | App-2 with affidavit and Form-26 | s.424, reg 62 |
| Striking off (easy exit) | App-4 with members' resolution, indemnity and auditor's certificate | s.426, regs 144–145 |
| Any special resolution | Form-26 within 15 days | s.150 |
Special resolutions (Form-26 within 15 days)
| Item | Rate / rule |
|---|---|
| Special resolution needed for | Change of name (s.12), office to another province (s.21(2)), memorandum (s.32), articles (s.38), conversions (s.46–49), shares at discount (s.82), further issue (s.83), employee stock options (s.83A), alteration of capital (s.85), buy-back (s.88), reduction of capital (s.89), removal of CEO (s.190), investments in associates (s.199), related-party transactions where most directors are interested (s.208(1)), removal of auditor (s.246(5)), voluntary investigation (s.257) |