Duty on Document Evidence

Following amendments made to the Duty on Documents and Transfers Act in 2010, in particular to article 64(1) of the said Act, which is quoted below, please note that the Registrar of Companies may not accept for registration any document or notice regarding a transfer of shares, an increase or reduction in the issued share…

Acquisition of shares in Maltese Companies by Non-Resident Shareholders

Legal Notice 178 of 2004 (Revocation of Restrictions Regulations, 2004) which has come into force on the 19th April 2004, has revoked all restrictions previously imposed by the External Transactions Act. Regulation 3(3) nevertheless states that “Applications by residents of a nonEEA country for the issue, acquisition, sale and redemption of securities not listed on…