A Declaration of Trust from nominee shareholder to the beneficial owner is to ensure that nominee cannot use the shares in anyway without the express authority of the beneficial owner.

A nominee Shareholder or Director is a third party who allows his/her name to be used in place of the real or beneficial owner and director of the company. The nominee is advised particularly in those jurisdictions where the names of the officers are part of a public record, open for anyone who cares to look can find out these identities. The name of the nominee will appear and ensure the privacy of the beneficial owner.

Yes you can and we offer the service. A shareholder and a director may be the same person (natural or corporate). In our opinion, you should use our nominee service because there is a public record of shares.

A registered shareholder is the beneficial (real) owner whose name is recorded on the share certificate and in the Register of Shares as the owner of the allotted shares. A nominee shareholder is when the beneficial owner chooses not to have his/her name on the share certificate or in the share register. We supply a third party to be the nominee for the real owner.

A Declaration of Trust in the context of an offshore company is a written undertaking by a nominee shareholder to the beneficial (real) owner to hold shares on his (beneficial owner) behalf in the capacity of a trustee. The nominee cannot transfer, deal with or dispose of the shares except on the specific written instructions of the beneficial owner. The nominee shareholder further assigns all rights dividends, profits etc.

The nominee is the only person with the right to the shares. The shares will be transmitted only in the nominee's name.

The responsibility for the activities of the company ultimately lies with the beneficial owner and is therefore required to accept this responsibility by signing this declaration which is held confidentially by the registered office. This confidentiality is protected by the law which provides for a fine of ­ 25,000 USD and/or a prison sentence of two years if confidential information is given out without a court order from the local courts.

The nominee director is intended to simply facilitate the beneficial owner in matters of privacy. He is not intended to assist in the management of the company or sign documents and contracts on their behalf. There are exceptions where a nominee may sign certain standard documents such as contracts, invoices etc. which will have to be approved first. In jurisdictions where there is an open registry, the nominee director will appear on the documents in place of the beneficial owner.

No. The beauty of a Trust is that you get the best of both worlds. Fans who have a small number of shares can proxy them to the trust so they are voted en bloc and make a bigger difference. But fans who aren't shareholders can just join, and any shares the Trust buys or gets are owned collectively by all the members. So this is a way for people to become shareholders, along with other fans.

The trust account declaration form is part of the WSBA Licensing Form mailed to every WSBA member in December. If you did not receive a licensing form, please call (206) 727-8217 or E-mail questions@wsba.org. Only active status members receive a trust account form.

Clients normally do this for confidentiality purposes. In many jurisdictions, a register is held of all directors and shareholders which is available for public viewing.

a director or shareholder, Healy Consultants does legally control your company. However, in practice this control is not exercised as it is not in Healy Consultants’ interests to breach the trust of its clients by conducting deceitful activities. On the other hand, by becoming a director or shareholder Healy Consultants is exposed to risk should the company conduct unlawful business.

The Governor uses declaration day as a time to meet with organizations to sign declarations and do photo ops.

The Nominee is the name added to the retention certificate when purchasing a personal number plate. The nominee name has to match exactly to the name that appears in the V5 log book of the vehicle you wish to assign your registration number to. If you are buying this number plate as a present, make sure you check what this name is. Mistakes can be rectified however a fee will be incurred.

Only an individual can be a nominee. A nominee shall not be a society, trust, body corporate, partnership firm, karta of Hindu Undivided Family or a power of attorney holder.

No. The beauty of a Trust is that you get the best of both worlds. Fans who have a small number of shares can proxy them to the Trust so they are voted en bloc and make a bigger difference. Any shares given to the Trust for proxy voting, would still belong to their owner. Fans who aren't shareholders can just join, and all the members own any shares the Trust buys or acquires collectively. top

All active attorneys must complete and submit a trust account declaration every year. This applies to every WSBA member in active status, whether or not you are actually practicing law or have a trust account. These forms are due February 1 of each year. If you did not receive your annual licensing packet, you should contact the WSBA Service Center at 800-945-WSBA to obtain one. Click here for more information about filling out your trust account declaration.

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