Your offshore company:
A look at the paperwork

Minutes of First Meeting

OFFSHORE-FOX.COM
with Peter Widder

(Part 5 of 12)

Minutes of First Meeting of Directors provide a written record of the very first meeting of your offshore company's board of directors.

At their first meeting, the directors usually acknowledge the fact of the company's incorporation, approve the company seal, and agree ("resolve") that the company should proceed to carry on the business for which it was formed. They may also appoint the company's bankers and authorise bank account opening.

Unless your offshore company comes with a nominee director, it is your responsibility to hold the first meetings and prepare the Minutes -- even if you are the sole director.

Good offshore company formation agents provide clients with sample minutes to be used as a guide or to simply be completed and signed. Note, however, that you are free to use your own format, as long as the proceedings of the directors' meeting are properly recorded and inserted in your company's minute book.

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