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Section 8: Memorandum of association

Companies Act 2006 · 2006 c. 46View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 2: Company formation

A memorandum of association is a memorandum stating that the subscribers—

wish to form a company under this Act, and
agree to become members of the company and, in the case of a company that is to have a share capital, to take at least one share each.

The memorandum must be in the prescribed form and must be authenticated by each subscriber.

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