# Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908, Section 3: Memorandum of company limited by shares.


In the case of a company limited by shares—
(1) The memorandum must state—
(i) The name of the company, with ". Limited " as the last word in its name ;
(ii) The part of the United Kingdom, whether England, Scotland, or Ireland, in which the registered office of the company is to be situate;
(iii) The objects of the company;
(iv) That the liability of the members is limited ;
(v) The amount of share capital with which the company proposes to be registered, and the division thereof into shares of a fixed amount :
(2) No subscriber of the memorandum may take less than one share :
(3) Each subscriber must write opposite to his name the number of shares he takes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/8/69/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-consolidation-act-1908/section-3
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