# Companies Act 2006, Section 8: Memorandum of association


(1) A memorandum of association is a memorandum stating that the subscribers—
(a) wish to form a company under this Act, and
(b) agree to become members of the company and, in the case of a company that is to have a share capital, to take at least one share each.
(2) The memorandum must be in the prescribed form and must be authenticated by each subscriber.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-8
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