Maintaining a foreign company’s public register of members

Non-listed

Your register must contain:

• Names of members

• Addresses of members

• Number of shares held by each member

• Amounts paid on shares

Listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX)

List only the Central Depository (CDP) as a member in your public register.

This is because share certificates are registered in CDP's name, and CDP maintains records of individual depositors separately.

More details: Sections 81SI and 81SJ of the Securities and Futures Act

Listed on overseas stock exchanges

Your public register may only need to list the central depository or nominee as the member, rather than individual shareholders. This depends on:

• The arrangements of that stock exchange

• The legislation relating to that stock exchange

• The legislation of your jurisdiction's home country

Note: If your jurisdiction requires a register of members similar to sections 379 and 380 of the Companies Act 1967, you may adapt that register to meet Singapore's requirements.

Format

You can keep your register in either:

• Electronic format (such as a Microsoft Excel file)

• Hardcopy format

Location

Keep your register at either:

• Your registered office in Singapore

• Another location in Singapore

For example, you can keep your register as a Microsoft Excel file on a computer in Singapore.

Note: You do not need to submit it to ACRA.

Notify ACRA of the location

You must notify ACRA of the address where you keep the register.

If the address changes, you must notify ACRA within 30 days.

Members of the foreign company

Free

Other persons

$1 per inspection or a lower fee set by the company

Fee

$1 per page or a lower fee set by the company (paid in advance)

Delivery timeline

Within 21 days from the day after the request is received, or a longer period if ACRA considers it reasonable

What the copy can include

The copy can only include:

• Names of members

• Addresses of members

• Number of shares held by each member

• Amounts paid on shares