Incorporation

 

Information and Documents Required to Incorporate a Company

1.       The proposed name of the company 2.       The proposed address of the registered office in Guyana 3.       The classes and any maximum number of shares that the Company is authorized to issue 4.       Registration of shares, if any 5.       Number (or minimum/maximum) of Directors 6.       Restrictions on business the company may carry out, if any 7.       The names, addresses, occupations and signatories of incorporators 8.       The names and addresses of Directors and Secretary

Information and Documents Required to Register a Foreign or “External” Firm

1.       The name of the company 2.       The jurisdiction within which the company was incorporated 3.       The date of its incorporation 4.       The manner in which it was incorporated 5.       The particulars of its corporate instruments 6.       The period, if any, fixed by its corporate instruments for the duration of the company 7.       The extent, if any, to which the liability of the shareholders/members of the company is limited 8.       The undertaking that the company will carry out in Guyana 9.       The date on which the company intends to commence its undertakings in Guyana 10.   The authorized, subscribed and paid-up or stated capital of the company and the shares that the company is authorized to issue and their nominal or par value, if any 11.   The full address of the registered or head office of the companies outside Guyana 12.   The full address of the principal office of the company in Guyana 13.   The full names, addresses and occupations of the directors of the company

Company Registration Fees

Company Registration                                                                        Fees Share capital fee - G$1 to G$500,000                                              G$25,000 - Greater than G$500,000                                         6 percent of share capital Duty on share capital                                            0.5 percent of share capital Certificate of Incorporation                                                               G$30,000 Notice of Directors                                                                              G$800 Notice of Secretary                                                                 G$800 Declaration of Compliance                                                                   G$800 Changes to any of the above                                                                G$800 External Company Registration Share capital fee - G$1 to G$1 million                                              G$80,000 - G$ 1 million to G$3 million                                                          G$150,000 - Greater than G$3 million                                                             G$300,000 Changing Share Capital                                                                     Fees Share capital fee – Up to G$10 million        2 percent of additional share capital - Greater than G$10 million                        1 percent of additional share capital Duty on share capital                                            0.5 percent of share capital Certificate of Increased Capital                                                             G$800 Resolution                                                                                         G$800