Nature of registered companies -- Classification of registered companies -- Memorandum of association -- Articles of association -- Promoters -- Corporate transactions -- Public offer of shares -- Allotment and commencement of business -- Share capital -- The acquisition and redemption by a company of its own shares -- Financial assistance by a company for the purchase of its own shares -- Membership -- Shares -- General meetings -- Directors -- The secretary -- Majority rule and minority protection -- Corporate governance -- Insider dealing -- Accounts -- Auditors -- Dividends -- Debentures -- Corporate insolvency -- Receivers and administrative receivers -- The administration procedure -- Winding up by the court -- Voluntary winding up -- Contributories and creditors : completion of the winding up -- Mergers and divisions -- Takeovers -- Cross-border mergers and migration : the European company.