Every company must have at least one European Economic Area (EEA)-resident full director or a
bond pursuant to s137 Companies Act 2014. Note that an EEA-resident alternate director is not
sufficient for the purposes of s137. Place a tick in the “EEA resident” box if the director is resident in
theStateinaccordancewiths137CompaniesAct2014.Ifnofulldirectorissoresident,avalidbond
must be furnished with the application.
(Note that “EEA-resident” means resident in a member state of the EEA. The EEA is the EU plus
Norway,IcelandandLiechtenstein).Forinformationonthebond,seeLeafletNo.17.
Statethecompanynameandnumberofotherbodiescorporate,whetherincorporatedintheStateor
elsewhere,ofwhichthepersonisorhasbeendirector.Exceptionstothisrulearemadeforbodies
(a)ofwhichthepersonhasnotbeenadirectoratanytimeduringthepast5years;(b)whichisheld
or was held by a director in bodies corporate of which the company is (or was) the wholly owned
subsidiary or which are or were the wholly owned subsidiaries either of the company or of another body
corporate of which the company is or was the wholly owned subsidiary.
Pursuanttos142CompaniesAct2014,apersonshallnotataparticulartimebeadirectorofmore
than25companies.However,unders142(3)oftheAct,certaindirectorshipsarenotreckonedfor
the purposes of s142(1).
Forfurtherinformation,seeCROInformationLeafletNo.1.
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The subscribers in this section must correspond with the subscribers to the accompanying constitution
exceptwhereanagentsignsthissectiononbehalfofthesubscriber(s).Wherethespaceisinadequate,
the signatures must be presented on a continuation sheet in the same format as this section.
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Place of incorporation if outside the State.
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Whereapplicable,thedetailsmustcorrespondexactly with the share details given in the accompanying
constitution.
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All company types must have at least two directors with the exception of Private Companies Limited
by Shares (LTD companies) which may have a sole director. All directors must be over the age of
18years.(s.131CA2014).Whereacompanyhasonlyonedirector,thatpersonmaynotalsohold
the office of secretary of the company.
Where a person who has consented to be a director of this company is currently disqualified
under the law of another state from being appointed or acting as a director or secretary of a body
corporateorundertaking,he/shemustcompleteFormB74whichmustbesubmitted to CRO with
Form A1. Otherwise he/she will be deemed to be disqualified from acting as a director of an Irish-
registered company for the balance remaining of his/her foreign disqualification.
‘Shadow director’ means a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors
of a company are accustomed to act.
Indicate cash or stock.
Ticktheboxifthedirectorappointedisanalternate/substitutedirector.Wheretheboxisticked,
the name of the full director appointing the alternate/substitute director must also be inserted in the
space provided.
Ifthecompany’sarticlessopermitandsubjecttocompliancewiththosearticles,adirectormay
appoint a person to be an alternate/substitute director on his/her behalf. The appointment of any
persontoactasdirectorisnotifiablebyacompanytotheCRO,regardlessofhowthatappointment
is described. The company is statutorily obliged to notify the CRO of the addition to and removal
of each person from its register of directors. In the event that a full director who has appointed
analternatedirectorceasestoactasadirector,thecompanyisrequiredtonotifytheCROof
the termination of appointment of the full director and his/heralternate.Note:CROacceptsno
responsibility for maintaining the link between a full director and his/her alternate.
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Anyformerforenameandsurnamemustalsobestated.However,itdoesnotincludethefollowing:
(a)Inthecaseofapersonusuallyknownbyatitledifferentfromhis/hersurname,thenameby
which he/she is known previous to the adoption of a succession to the title; (b) in the case of any
person,aformerforenameorsurnamewheretheforenameorsurnamewaschangedordisused
before the person bearing the name attained the age of 18 years or has been changed or disused
foraperiodofnotlessthan20years;(c)inthecaseofamarriedpersonorcivilpartner,thename
or surname by which he/she was known previous to his/her marriage or civil partnership.
Insert full name (initials will not suffice) and the usual residential address. Where the secretary is
afirm,thenameofthefirm,registeredaddressandtheregisterwhereitisregisteredoughttobe
stated.Whereapersonissigningonbehalfofacompanywhichisthesecretary,he/sheshould
statethathe/sheissigningforandonbehalfofthecompanywhichisactingassecretary.His/
her name should be printed in bold capitals or typescript below the signature. All secretaries and
directors must be over the age of 18 years. (s.131 CA 2014).