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Extension of Virtual AGMS to 31 December 2024

Extension of Virtual AGMS to 31 December 2024

19 December 2023

On the 15th December, 2023, the Minister for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Dara Calleary TD, announced that the interim period of the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Act 2020 which relates to the holding of virtual meetings, including AGMs, had been further extended to 31 December 2024. Read more

Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022

Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022

02 November 2023

The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (the “Act”) became law in the United Kingdom on 15 March 2022. The Act creates a registration requirement at Companies House for any overseas entity which owns a qualifying estate to register on the Register of Beneficial Ownership of Overseas Entities (the “Overseas Register”) maintained by the Registrar of Companies for England and Wales (the “Registrar”) and to disclose details of their beneficial owners therein. Read more

PPSNs for Directors verification and filings with the CRO

PPSNs for Directors verification and filings with the CRO

06 October 2023

The requirement for company directors to provide Personal Public Service Numbers (PPSN) came into force on 11 June 2023. After three months, the system has bedded in and the CRO has been able to identify some particular issues that presenters and directors may wish to address. Read more

Gender Balance on Company boards and the Irish Corporate Governance (Gender Balance) Bill 2021

Gender Balance on Company boards and the Irish Corporate Governance (Gender Balance) Bill 2021

08 December 2022

On 22 November 2022, the European Parliament formally adopted a new EU law on the composition of corporate boards following ten years of discussions between the European Parliament and the European Council. The Directive provides that the board of Directors of large EU Listed companies must be compromised of 33% of members of the under-represented gender at the minimum for all director positions (or 40% of Non-Executive Director positions). Read more

An update on the new PPSN disclosure requirement for directors of Irish companies

An update on the new PPSN disclosure requirement for directors of Irish companies

09 November 2022

This new requirement will be implemented by the Companies Registration Office in the latter part of Quarter 1, 2023 giving presenters time to ensure company director PPSNs are known in the interim. Read more

Diligent

Diligent

22 July 2022

Speaking at the Governance Ireland Conference in May this year, the Registrar of Companies, Maureen O’Sullivan announced that no further Covid-19 annual return filing deadline extensions are in the pipeline. Read more

Extension of the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Act 2020

Extension of the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Act 2020

28 April 2022

As highlighted in an earlier blog, the interim period of the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Act 2020 (the “Act”) was due to expire at the end of this month on 30 April 2022. Read more

Conclusion of the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Act 2020

Conclusion of the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Act 2020

27 April 2022

The interim period of the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Act 2020 (the “Act”) is due to expire at the end of this month on 30 April 2022. Read more

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