It is an interesting fact to know that a company can any time change its name as per the provisions of Companies Act, 2013. When an entrepreneur sows an idea to register a company, the first thing he does is choosing a unique name for the business. But it is not necessary that the entrepreneur will go with the same name lifetime of the company. There are some logic behind change in name of the company. Board Resolution for name change of company is must. Company can change name by conducting a board meeting and pass Board Resolution. There are two type of board resolution one is regular board resolution and second is special board resolution to change company name. In this article we given Format of board resolution to change Private Limited company name. Download Board resolution to change company name.
Let’s have a look on few logic’s why a company opts for name change of company
1.Conversion of Company from one entity to another
2.Current Business name cannot be copyrighted
3.Change of ownership
4.Your business is suffering from brand confusion with other company
5. You have changed the business activities which are not matching with the name
Sec 13 of the Companies Act, 2013 deals with name change of the company. As per provisions of sec 13, a company can change name of the company anytime by following simple steps-
Step 1: Convey Board meeting of the company
Step 2: Hold Board Meeting and decide date, time & place for conduct of Extra Ordinary General Meeting (EOGM)
Step 3: Apply for new name in form RUN
Step 4: Extra Ordinary General Meeting (EOGM)
Step 5: File form MGT-14
Attachments
CERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF THE RESOLUTION PASSED AT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF …………………………………………..PRIVATE LIMITED HELD ON ……..…………..THIS DAY AT THE REGISTERED OFFICE OF THE COMPANY AT ……………………………………………………AT 11.00 A.M AND CONCLUDED AT 11:30 A.M
RESOLUTION FOR CALLING EXTRA ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF THE COMPANY FOR CHANGE IN NAME SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY.
The chairman informed the board that the board of directors of the company hereby proposes to change the name of the company from the present name “………………………………… Private Limited” to “………………………………………….. Private Limited” subject to the approval of the central government and the shareholders of the Company.
RESOLVED THAT subject to the approval of the Central Government and shareholders of the Company, the name of the Company be and is hereby changed from “………………………………… Private Limited” to “……………………………………………Private Limited” or some other name as maybe made available by the Registrar of Companies and agreed upon by the Board of Directors of the Company.
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT Mr……………………………., Managing Director/Director of the Company be and is hereby authorised to make necessary application for obtaining approval to the change of name accordingly to the Registrar of Companies, Maharashtra, and to do all such acts and things as may be deemed necessary in this regard.
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company be convened on ………………………………………………… at 11:00 A.M, at the registered office of the Company at ………………………………………………………………….for obtaining the consent of the shareholders to the said change of name.
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT, the draft notice for convening the Extraordinary General Meeting on ………………………………………. as placed before the Board Meeting be and is hereby approved.
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT Mr …………………………………, be and is hereby authorised to sign the said notice for and on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company.
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT Mr ………………………………….., be and is hereby authorised to send the notice of the meeting to all the Members of the Company and the persons entitled to the notice.
For ……………………….Private Limited
Mr……………… Mr……………..
Director Director
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CERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF THE RESOLUTION PASSED AT THE EXTRA ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF …………………………………PRIVATE LIMITED HELD ON ………………………………………………… AT THE REGISTERED OFFICE OF THE COMPANY AT …………………………………………………………………. AT 11.00 A.M AND CONCLUDED AT 11:30 A.M
RESOLUTION FOR CHANGE IN NAME OF THE COMPANY SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY.
The chairman informed the board that the board of directors of the company hereby proposes to change the name of the company from the present name “…………………………………………. Private Limited” to “………………………………………………….. Private Limited” subject to the approval of the central government and the shareholders of the Company.
RESOLVED THAT subject to the approval of the Central Government and shareholders of the Company, the name of the Company be and is hereby changed from “……………………….. Private Limited” to “…………………………………… Private Limited” or some other name as maybe made available by the Registrar of Companies and agreed upon by the Board of Directors of the Company.
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT Mr.…………………. , Managing Director/Director of the Company be and is hereby authorised to make necessary application for obtaining approval to the change of name accordingly to the Registrar of Companies, Maharashtra and to do all such acts and things as may be deemed necessary in this regard.
For ……………………….Private Limited
Mr……………… Mr……………..
Director Director
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