Public Limited Company
Get your Public Company registered along with name approval, PAN, TAN, GST registration, drafting of required documents.
Public Limited Company
A Public company is a company whose shares can be bought by the general public and traded freely in the open market. A public limited company sells its shares to the general public through an IPO (Initial Public Offer) or FPO (Further Public offer). The shares of a public company are generally traded in a stock exchange. The main advantage while people choose to run a public company is its ability to tap the financial markets by selling its shares/ stocks/ bonds in order to raise capital for further expansion of the business.
Advantages of a Public Company:
- Limited Liability
- Easy availability of capital by issue of shares to the public
- Separate legal entity
- High credibility
- Spreading risk by widening the shareholder base
- Opportunities for Growth and expansion
Disadvantages of a Public Company:
- More compliances to follow
- Burden of maintenance of documents
- Higher levels of transparency
- Issues regarding ownership and control
- Vulnerable to takeovers
Steps for Registration of a Public Company:
- 1. Aquire Digital Signature Certificate for every director
- 2. Apply for DIN
- 3. Reserve a suitable name for the proposed company
- 4. File e-MOA and e-AOA at the mca portal to register a new company with the approved name
- 5. Apply for a PAN and TAN of the company
- 6. After getting Incorporation certificate apply for certificate of commencement of business.
Documents required for registration:
- PAN Card of directors and shareholders. Passport in case of foreign nationals.
- Identity proof of directors and shareholders.
- Directors Address Proof.
- Passport size photograph of directors.
- Business’ Address Proof.
- NOC from owner of property.
- Rent agreement between the owner and the company to be formed.
- In case of Foreign Nationals or NRIs every document of the director must be notarized or apostilled.