A company is an artificial person formed by law. If a company wants to change its name, then it has to be done by following a particular procedure of law. It has to be done in accordance with the Companies Act.
Since the name of the company appears on the Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association of the Company; provisions related to alteration of Memorandum and Articles of Association becomes applicable.
Procedure of Change Company Name:
Name Check:
Check whether the proposed name is already allocated to or reserved by some other company or Limited Liability Partnership.
Find another name:
Convene board meeting discuss following matters.
- To get the Director's approval for change of Name Clause.
- Fix date, time, and place for holding Extra-ordinary General meeting (EGM) to get the approval of members by way of Special Resolution, for change of Name clause of Memorandum and alteration of Articles of Association.
- To approve the notice of EGM along with an Explanatory Statement to be attached to the notice of the General Meeting.
- Approving the Director or Company Secretary for issuing Notice of the Extra-ordinary General meeting (EGM).
- To Authorize the Directors of Company to make Application with ROC for Name approval and to prepare a new set of amended Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company.
- Prepare minutes of such a Board Meeting.
File necessary eForms along with attachments with Registrar of Companies.
Form MGT-14 for filling special resolution with following attachments.
- Altered Articles of Association
- Altered Memorandum of Association
- Notice of General Meeting
- Copy of Special Resolution
Form INC-24 for applying Central Government for change of name with following attachments.
- Notice of General Meeting
- Copy of Special Resolution
- Minutes of EOGM
Convene Extra-Ordinary General Meeting of the members of the Company at place & time mentioned in Notice to transact following businesses.
- Change the Name of the Company, subject to the approval of Central Government.
- Alteration of the Name Clause of the Memorandum of Association of the Company.
- Alteration in Articles of Association of the Company.
File web based Form RUN for approval & reservation of name from ROC along with following attachments.
- Copy of board resolution.
- No Objection Certificate of Owner of Trade Mark or the applicant of such application if the proposed name is similar to or based on a registered Trade Mark.
After filing RUN, ROC may grant certificate reserving the name stated in the RUN application.
Issue Notice of the Extra-ordinary General meeting (EOGM) to all Members, Directors, the Auditors and to all other persons entitled to such notice.
On approval of Form INC-24 ROC issues new Certificate of Incorporation containing new name.
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