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| If your company is registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC) some of your reporting obligations to ASIC will no longer apply. See here for details. |
Foreign companiesRegistered Australian Bodies| Appointment or cessation of officeholder | Form 484—Section B Change to company details You must tell us within 28 days when a new director, secretary or alternate director is appointed, or when a current one ceases. If the officeholder has already told us that they have ceased (see ‘Resignation or retirement of officeholders’ below) then your company need not notify us of the cessation of this officeholder. When an alternate director is appointed, an end date for the appointment may be notified at the same time. The terms of appointment of the alternate director form part of the notification of appointment. Note: You must write your corporate key on the form if you use a paper Form 484. |
| Change to name or address of current officeholders | Form 484—Section A Change to company details You must tell us within 28 days when there is a change to the name or residential address of a director, secretary or alternate director, or if the cessation date of an alternate director is changed. Note: You must write your corporate key on the form if you use a paper Form 484. |
| Resignation or retirement of officeholders | Form 370 Notification by officeholders of resignation or retirement A director or secretary may give notice to us of their own resignation or retirement, by lodging a Form 370 at any time after their date of cessation. A copy of their letter of resignation sent to the company must be submitted with the form. |
| Change to details of shares held by a top 20 proprietary company member | Form 484—Section C Change to company details You must tell us of changes to the details of the shares held by any of the top 20 members in each class of shares issued by a proprietary company, by lodging a Form 484 within 28 days of the date of change. Changes may result from the company issuing or cancelling shares, or a member transferring or acquiring more shares. Note: You must write your corporate key on the form if you use a paper Form 484. |
| Change to name or address of a top 20 proprietary company member | Form 484—Section A Change to company details You must tell us within 28 days when the name or address of a top 20 member of a proprietary company changes. Note: You must write your corporate key on the form if you use a paper Form 484. |
| Share issue | Form 484—Section C Change to company details You must tell us within 28 days when your company issues shares by lodging a Form 484. Note: You must write your corporate key on the form if you use a paper Form 484. |
| Share cancellation | Form 484—Section C Change to company details When a company cancels shares you must tell us within 28 days of the date of cancellation. Note: You must write your corporate key on the form if you use a paper Form 484. |
| Change of registered office or principal place of business | Form 484—Section A Change to company details You must tell us within 28 days of a change to your company’s registered office address or principal place of business. The company'’s registered office and principal place of business must be a physical address. If notices are served to the company, they will be delivered in person, or by post to the physical address. Note: You must write your corporate key on the form if you use a paper Form 484. |
| Change of office hours | Letter: no prescribed form For a public company, you must tell us of any change in office hours before the change occurs. The registered office of a public company must be open to the public each business day from at least 10 am to 12 noon and 2pm to pm; or for at least 3 hours between 9am and 5pm. |
| Change of company name | Form 205 Notification of resolution If you wish to change your company’s name, the members of the company must pass a special resolution adopting a new name. Details of the special resolution must be lodged on a Form 205 within 14 days of the resolution being passed. The Form 205 should be accompanied by the prescribed fee. We will change the company name provided that the proposed new name is available. The change of name takes effect on the day we process the name change and issue a Certificate of Registration showing the change of name. Note: For further information, refer to INFO 16 Changing a company name. |
| Ultimate holding company of proprietary company | Form 484— Section A Change to company details For a proprietary company, you must tell us within 28 days when another company becomes or ceases to be your company’s ultimate holding company, or if the ultimate holding company changes its name. Note: You must write your corporate key on the form if you use a paper Form 484. |
Information that is held on our register about your company is printed on the Company Statement. You must review this information to see if it is correct. If the information is not correct, you must tell us of any changes within 28 days after the issue date of the Company Statement. In most cases you can tell us about the changes by completing a Form 484 (for notifiable changes) or a Form 492 Request for correction (for minor detail corrections).
The Company Statement may also contain a request for you to provide additional information. You must respond to that request regardless of whether other information on the Company Statement is correct or not. The response is to be made on a Form 484.
The invoice statement will show the annual review fee that the company must pay within two months after its review date. The annual review fee must be paid regardless of whether the information on the Company Statement is correct or not.
For more information see INFO 3 Annual statements and late fees.
Solvency resolutions
The directors of a company must also pass a solvency resolution within two months of the review date each year. This requirement does not apply if a company has lodged a financial report with ASIC within 12 months before its review date. .
| INFO 79 Your company and the law |
| This is Information Sheet 20 (INFO 20). Information sheets provide concise guidance on a specific process or compliance issue or an overview of detailed guidance. |