Corporate Secretary Guide
Your comprehensive resource on Singapore corporate regulations and compliance.
Company Shares & Shareholder Rights
Each shareholder in your company is entitled to a certain number of shares that they have subscribed to. Shares represent ownership, voting rights, and entitlement to dividends.
This chapter covers the fundamentals of equity management:
- Allotment and issuance: The process of issuing new shares to investors or existing members.
- Share certificates: Issuing formal evidence of share ownership within the statutory timelines.
- Transfer and alteration: Rules governing the sale, transfer, or transmission of shares, as well as consolidation or subdivision of share capital.
- Dividends: Declaring and distributing company profits to shareholders from accumulated profits.
- Maintenance of capital: Legal restrictions on reducing capital to protect company creditors.