Companies Act 2006 Part 7: members’ rights

This article, the seventh in our series on the Companies Act 2006, will focus on company members and their rights, outlining what the register of members includes and the specific rights of indirect investors

A person becomes a member, or shareholder, of a company when their name is entered in the register of members. This includes the subscribers to the memorandum, a companyʼs first members.

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