Your offshore company:
A look at the paperwork

				Overview
				Certificate of Incorporation
				Memorandum and Articles
				Appointment of First Directors
				Minutes of First Meeting
				Register of Directors
				Register of Shareholders
				Share certificates
				Company seal
				Certificate of Good Standing
				Apostille
				Management agreement
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OFFSHORE-FOX.COM
with Peter Widder

It is often a legal requirement that an offshore company should have a company seal (also called corporate seal).

Seals have been used from remote antiquity to authenticate documents, and your company seal is no different.

The seal must first be approved at the first meeting of directors; it is subsequently used for sealing share certificates, minutes of the company or other important documents.

Note that a seal is not normally used for "stamping" invoices, for example -- a signature is enough there.

Most offshore incorporation agents supply clients with a corporate seal, although you are free to have your own made provided it is duly adopted by your company's board of directors.

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