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Step by Step Registration of Companies

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An application in the prescribed form signed by two directors and the Secretary and accompanied by:

Step by Step on how to Register a Company (Private or Public)

  1. Check for availability of proposed company name and Reserve a new Name
  2. Complete pre-registration form – CAC1.1 (Online using Company Registration Portal)
  3. Pay filing and Stamp duty fees
    • Steps 1-3 can be completed on the COMPANY REGISTRATION PORTAL (CRP)
  4. Prepare the signed scan copy of your pre-registration documents for upload as follows:
    • Form CAC1.1
    • Memorandum and Article of Association (MEMART)
    • Recognized form of identification for Director(s)/Subscriber(s) and Secretary
    • Evidence of payment to CAC
  5. Upload the scanned documents for processing.
  6. Submit the original copies of the documents uploaded at step 6 (Form CAC1.1, MEMART, etc) to the CAC office you had selected in exchange for your certificate and the Certified True Copies of the documents.

Step by Step on how to Register a Limited by Guarantee

  1. Check for Name Availability
  2. Reserve a Name
  3. Fill CAC1.1 Form (Online using Company Registration Portal)
  4. Pay appropriate Stamp duty fee to Federal Board of Inland Revenue Service
  5. Pay filing fee to the Corporate Affairs Commission
  6. Scan and save as PDF format the duly completed Form CAC1.1 together with Memorandum and Articles of Association (MEMART), a recognized form of identification for Director(s)/Subscriber(s) and Secretary. Upload the scanned documents for processing. (click here)
  7. The Commission is obliged to obtain approval of the Attorney General of the Federation before registration of the Company Limited by Guarantee.

Conversion and Re-registration of Private Company as Public

The application should be accompanied by the following:

  1. Special resolution signed by at least two directors
  2. Memorandum and Articles of Association as required under CAMA for public companies
  3. Written statement by the Directors in respect of share capital
  4. Balance sheet as at the date of the resolution or the preceding six months, whichever is later
  5. Statement must show that the paid-up capital of the company as at the date of the application is not less than 25 percent of the authorized share capital
  6. Copy of any prospectus or statement in lieu of prospectus delivered within 12 months to Commission
  7. Payment of filing fees
  8. Annual Returns to be filed up to date
  9. Evidence of S.636 (in case of banks etc)

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