[members-discuss] [exec-board] Change of conditions

> The UK has
> the difficulty that no such documentation is produced by Companies House
> (which is the official recorder of All Things Business). 

I remember discussing with Nigel this exact problem a few years ago at a train station :)

> The NCC has agreed that
> an affidavit with apostille is acceptable for M&As taking place in the UK. I
> think that affidavits or their equivalent are probably available in most
> countries, so that I would expect that where there is no "officially issued"
> M&A paperwork an affidavit should do.

Whether that is practical/possible depends on whether you need them from the acquirer, the acquired or both, however the caveat being ...

> Note that in order to get an affidavit issued you will have to
> prove to the issuing authority that the merger/acquisition has actually taken
> place.

Sadly this isn't close to being true.
You can post almost any document on a company letterhead to an apostile service in most countries and a week later you get back the certificate and a 50 euro charge to your c/card - no "proof" is generally asked/required

Rob


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