Secretarial Assistant Course

1. Introduction to the New Companies Act
This section will cover an overview of the major differences between the new Act and the old Act as far as Company Secretarial work is concerned. Why your approach to company secretarial work has to be radically different. The new set of notices from the CIPC will place additional pressure on the practice as far as control is concerned.

2. Formation of a Company
Requirements for name reservations how you can use the system to track and control names. The requirements for company formation. How you can use Secretarial Assistant to produce all the standard documentation. What forms need to be filed.

3. The Memorandum of Incorporation.
Detailed discussion of changes to the MOI; what are the major differences now between the new Act MOI and the old Act MOI. How to tackle all the old MOI's and shareholders agreements that are in the field that are in conflict with the act. Discussions on Rules and Ring Fencing Provisions. How we can use Secretarial Assistant to manage the whole MOI process.

4. Changes to the MOI
We will deal with consolidation, translation, change to the rules and the ring fencing situation. How Sec Assist handles this process.

5. Share Capital
We will deal with the requirements of share capital maintenance, what the Company Secretary has to do, how conversions from par value to no par value take place, the powers of directors in regard to shares, how shareholders should manage this process. How Sec Assist handles this process. and the new set of share reports.

6. Special Resolution
When is a Special Resolution required?. What sections of the Act you need to know iro Special resolutions. How to process a Special Resolution on Secretarial Assistant.

7. Change of Name
We will deal with change of name and how this should be done.

8. Other transaction types.
Change of year end. Change of auditors Change of audit committee, other board committees. Etc How we would do this in Secretarial Assistant, what forms to produce.

9. Annual Returns
What are the new procedures in regard to annual returns.How can we get Secretarial Assistant to manage this process.

10. Production of Resolutions, making use of Word
The new technology to speed up your minutes and resolution processes How to combine all the forms, minutes, and resolutions into one PDF file for storage or emailing clients.

11. Digital Signatures
The law and the practicalities of digital signatures. How we can incorporate this process into Sec Assist.

12. Tasking System
The multidimensional aspects of transactions. How to use the tasking system to track every transaction so that you have your finger tips on the pulse of your secretarial transaction.

13. Basic Forms Maintenance
As we know the forms are not designed perfectly, some tricks to get you by in the event that you have to stretch or move a field.