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Step 4: Submit Form ND2A to the Companies Registry This step is critical! Form ND2A is the ‘Notice of Change of Particulars of Director and Secretary’. It must be submitted within 15 days of the change. Key points for completing Form ND2A: Part 1: Company information (Company Registration Number and Company Name) Part 2: Details of director changes (Name, HKID/Passport Number, effective date of resignation) Part 3: Information on new directors (if any new director is appointed simultaneously) Signature: Must be signed by a company director or the company secretary Appointing a New Director (Form ND2A + Consent to Act) Appointing a new director involves a few additional steps beyond resignation—otherwise, it’s just a matter of signing. Required Documents: • Written consent from the new director (‘Consent to Act as Director’) — a standard form provided by the Companies Registry; signed by the new director and retained in the company’s statutory records • Board resolution — minutes documenting the board meeting where the appointment was formally approved • Form ND2A — completed with the new director’s details and submitted to the Companies Registry within 15 days • Copy of the new director’s identity document (HKID card or passport) • Proof of address (if applicable) — the Companies Registry may request this in certain cases Director Eligibility Requirements: • Must be a natural person (corporate entities cannot serve as directors) • No nationality restrictions • No upper age limit, but minimum age is 18 • Individuals subject to an undischarged bankruptcy order are disqualified • Individuals convicted of certain fraud-related offences may be prohibited by court order from acting as directors Changing the Company Secretary (Form ND4) Changes to the company secretary are handled separately using Form ND4—not Form ND2A. Company Secretary Qualifications: Under Section 475 of the Companies Ordinance: Steps for Completing Form ND4: • Enter basic company information (Company Registration Number and Company Name) • Specify secretary change details: resignation date of the outgoing secretary and appointment date of the incoming secretary • Provide details of the new secretary: for individuals—name and address; for corporate secretaries—company name and registered address • Signature: must be signed by a director or the current company secretary • Submission deadline: within 15 days of the change Six Most Common Mistakes: Mistake 1: Failure to submit the change notification within 15 days This is the most frequent error. Many companies mistakenly believe they can wait until filing their annual return (Form NAR1) to update all changes at once. In fact, the Companies Registry requires that any change of director or secretary be reported via Form ND2A or Form ND4 within 15 days of the change—failure to do so may result in prosecution of both the company and responsible individuals. Mistake 2: Resigning directors failing to confirm submission of Form ND2A Resigning directors often assume that signing a resignation letter suffices. However, if the company fails to file Form ND2A after their resignation, the director remains officially listed in the public registry. Should the company later incur regulatory violations, the former director may receive penalty notices. Best practice is to: • Request a copy of the filed Form ND2A from the company, or • Personally verify removal from the directorship via the Companies Registry’s public search system Mistake 3: Same individual serving as both sole director and company secretary Under Section 474(4) of the Companies Ordinance, if a company has only one director, that individual cannot also act as the company secretary. If the company has a sole director, the company secretary must be a separate individual or a professional secretarial services firm.

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