Launching and doing business in the island (as well as in the EU) is associated with a number of subtleties and nuances from language barriers to legal peculiarities of local laws. All these problems can be easily solved by an administrator company to enable you to reach the stated objective fast and smooth.
However, we advise you first review some useful information on business setting up and incorporation in Malta:
Short Guide of Malta – Corporate Services.
Malta. Private Limited Companies
Maltese Holding Company and Taxation
List of Documents Required for Company Incorporation in Malta
Download Contract Form
Company Proposal / Acceptance Form
To: Cofrance SARL (“Administrator”)
- Name of the proposed or existing organization / Jurisdictions
а) Preferred alternative: Existing organization
Name:
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- b) Second alternative:
Name:
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- c) Third alternative:
Name:
- Company’s Business Plan
а) Proposed business:
Tick appropriate box
__ Investment holding company
__ Real estate ownership
__ Ownership / use of copyrights, etc.
__ Yacht or aircraft ownership
__ Ownership of other real estate and personal property
__ Commission fees /Receipt of commission fees
__ Trade / Double counting
__ Consulting services
__ Finance and factoring
__ Other – indicate below
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- b) Provide details of the Company’s business plan to indicate what the Company intends to do and what is the essence of its activities, for example, a holding company. Or, if it is a trading company, what goods it intends to deal with, where to get from, where to sell, etc.
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- c) Do the Company’s activities require any license / registration? YES/NO. If yes, please, give details.
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- d) Indicate the Company’s share capital.
1) Currency (The main currency to be used by the Company in transactions):
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2) Authorized share capital (the minimum authorized share capital is € 1,165 or its equivalent in a foreign currency)
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3) Issued share capital (paid at least 20%)
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4) Value per share
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- e) Proposed types of the Company’s activities:
- Estimated annual turnover: _________________________
- Estimated number of transactions per month (including banking): _________________
- Geographical trading zones : _________________________
- Details of trade partners, if known: __________________________________________________
- Detailed information about investment or asset ownership and their value (indicate the country): ________________________________________
- The Company’ Beneficial Owners
а) Who is/are the beneficial owner / owners of the shares?
FIRST
Name _______________________________________________
Address ______________________________________________
Principal residence (if different from the above)
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Place of residence (i.е. permanent home)
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Nationality ____________ Occupation _____________________
Date of birth _____________ Place of birth __________________
Passport No. _______________ Date of expiry _______
Country of residence for taxation purposes:_____________________
Tax identification number ____________________________________________
Interest in shares :____________________________________
Fiduciary services required (YES / NO)_________________________
Phone __________ Fax ___________ Email ________
Total net capital
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What is the source of the beneficial owner(s)’s assets?
__Family wealth
__Current entrepreneurship
__Past entrepreneurship
__Earnings
__Real estate
__Investment assets
__Other
Details: (submit information on wealth sources)
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SECOND
Name _______________________________________________
Address ______________________________________________
Principal residence (if different from the above)
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Place of residence (i.е. permanent home)
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Nationality ____________ Occupation _____________________
Date of birth _____________ Place of birth __________________
Passport No. _______________ Date of expiry _______
Country of residence for taxation purposes:_____________________
Tax identification number ____________________________________________
Interest in shares :____________________________________
Fiduciary services required (YES / NO)_________________________
Phone __________ Fax ___________ Email ________
Total net capital
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What is the source of the beneficial owner(s)’s assets?
__Family wealth
__Current entrepreneurship
__Past entrepreneurship
__Earnings
__Real estate
__Investment assets
__Other
Details: (submit information on wealth sources)
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Note
If there are more than two beneficial owners, fill in the foregoing information for each additional beneficial owner on an attached separate sheet.
Please, attach a clear passport copy of each beneficial owner; if already provided, please, declare.
- Corporate Shareholder of the Maltese Company (as applicable)
FIRST
Company’s name: __________________________________________
Registered office: __________________________________________
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Registration number: __________ Place of registration: _____________
Interest in shares:____________________________________
Fiduciary services required (YES / NO)_________________________
Phone ___________ Fax _____________ Email ________
Total net capital
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SECOND
Company’s name: __________________________________________
Registered office: __________________________________________
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Registration number: __________ Place of registration: _____________
Interest in shares:____________________________________
Fiduciary services required (YES / NO)_________________________
Авиаперелеты на спортивные события
Phone ___________ Fax _____________ Email ________
Total net capital
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- Directors
а) Please, confirm details of the Company’s directors:
1) Do you need any local corporate director services to be provided by the Administrator?
YES / NO
2) List of external directors (INDIVIDUAL)
FIRST
Name____________________________________________________
Address ___________________________________________________
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Principal residence (if different from the above)
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Place of residence (i.е. permanent home)
Nationality ____________ Occupation _____________________
Date of birth _____________ Place of birth __________________
Passport No. _______________ Date of expiry _______
Phone ___________ Fax _____________ Email ________
SECOND
Name____________________________________________________
Address ___________________________________________________
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Principal residence (if different from the above)
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Place of residence (i.е. permanent home)
Nationality ____________ Occupation _____________________
Date of birth _____________ Place of birth __________________
Passport No. _______________ Date of expiry _______
Please, attach a clear passport copy of each director and a bank reference letter; if already provided, please, declare.
Please, also director offices held in the country of incorporation (if any); please, use a separate sheet, if there is not enough space.
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3) List of external directors (Corporate Directors)
FIRST
Company name:______________________________________
Registered office:______________________________________
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Registration number:___________ Place of registration:________
Phone ___________ Fax _____________ Email ________
SECOND
Company name:______________________________________
Registered office:______________________________________
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Registration number: ___________ Place of registration :________
Phone ___________ Fax _____________ Email ________
- Company secretary
- b) Please, confirm the details of the Company’s secretary:
1) Do you need any local company secretary services to be provided by the Administrator?
YES / NO
2) List of an external company secretary (INDIVIDUAL)
Name _________________________________________________
Address ________________________________________________
Principal residence (if different from the above)
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Place of residence (i.е. permanent home)
Nationality ____________ Occupation _____________________
Date of birth _____________ Place of birth __________________
Passport No. _______________ Date of expiry _______
Phone ___________ Fax _____________ Email ________
- Bankers
а) At what Bank is the account open or will be open? ________________
- b) Currencies: _________________
- c) Is Internet banking required? _________________
- d) Authorized bank signatories (Bank administrator is appointed by an authorized bank signatory, if we are directors) ______________________
- e) Please, provide additional information, if there is a third party signatory
Name _________________________________________________
Address ________________________________________________
Principal residence (if different from the above)
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Place of residence (i.е. permanent home)
Nationality ____________ Occupation _____________________
Date of birth _____________ Place of birth __________________
Passport No. _______________ Date of expiry _______
Phone ___________ Fax _____________ Email ________
- VAT
а) Do you need a VAT Registration Number: __________________
- b) Commencement date of business operations: ______________________
- c) Turnover: __________________________
- d) Estimated annual sales to EU member-countries: ____________________________
- e) Estimated annual purchases from EU member-countries: _____________________
- Auditor
Who should be the Company’s auditor?
а) To be provided by the Administrator. YES / NO
Details, if known at this stage:
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- b) Other. Please, give details:
Name _________________________________________________
Address ________________________________________________
Nationality ____________________________________________________
Qualifications
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- Services
__Administration
__Accounting, including updating the accounting and financial statements at year end.
__Tax compliance services
__VAT compliance services
__Secretary services, including preparation of annual statements
__Other (please, specify)
- Approved tariffs
The tariffs are stated in the signed tariff list or below:
Fees may be subject to VAT as applicable.
- Legal / Fiscal Opinion
The Administrator shall not act as a legal or tax advisor under this mandate.
Some proposed structures may be of a complex nature; with this in view, the Administrator recommends obtaining a legal and/or fiscal opinion prior to establishing any structures.
Upon receipt of the customer’s approval and funds required to cover the expenses, the Administrator can prepare or request for a legal or tax opinion on behalf of the Beneficial Owner. As an alternative, the Beneficial Owner may submit a legal or tax opinion to the Administrator.
If the Beneficial Owner does not authorize and finance the Administrator for the purposes of obtaining a legal or tax opinion on the structure or if he/she is unable to obtain it on his/her own and submit it to the Administrator, the Beneficial Owner must always indemnify and hold harmless the Administrator, his officials and officers affected by such incompliance. The Administrator shall retain the right to terminate the relations with no prior notice before the structure is set up.
- Legislative Amendments
Please, note that the Administrator is unable to indemnify against future changes in tax or VAT legislation, common law, contracts or administrative approaches of tax authorities. The Beneficial Owner must always indemnify and hold harmless the Administrator, his officials and officers affected by changes in legislation, contracts or administrative approaches of tax authorities.
- Declaration of Trust
The Company’s shares must / must not * be owned by the Administrator or the Nominal Shareholder as a Trustee of the Beneficial Owner(s).
* – delete as appropriate
- Declarations of the Beneficial Owner(s)
I / WE CERTIFY AND CONFIRM that the above information is true to the best of my/our knowledge and belief. I / we undertake to fulfil my/our obligations to the Administrator in full and in due time, and I / we acknowledge that I /we must ensure that the business the company is and will be engaged in will not discredit the Administrator or any of his affiliated or subsidiary companies. I / we certify and confirm that the latter has not occurred in the past and I / we will not be involved in any deals with any foundations that can directly or indirectly be classified as proceeds of any criminal activities pursuant to Malta’s laws on combatting money laundering, corruption and financing of terrorism.
I / we confirm that the Company will not be used for illegal or fraudulent activities. “Illegal or fraudulent activities” means any activities defined anywhere in the world as unlawful, illegal or criminal, as well as any activities deemed to be connected with terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering and proceeds of criminal activities or trade with any countries that can from time to time be subject to an embargo introduced by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Malta or any legal successor or a similar international organization;
I / we confirm that neither of potential shareholders, directors, directors of any potential corporate shareholder or beneficial owners of the proposed Maltese Company is outlawed in any country due to any reason or may otherwise be deemed incapable or banned from being a party to a contract (including tax fraud). I / we hereby confirm that neither of potential shareholders, directors, directors of any potential corporate shareholder or beneficial owners of the proposed Maltese Company has ever been convicted for any wrongdoing (except minor wrongdoing), has been declared bankrupt by court, is under investigation by any governmental, professional and other regulatory authority, is a director, shareholder or manager of a business entity that has been under investigation as stated above or that has been declared bankrupt by court or forcibly liquidated or has made any arrangement or composition with its creditors or otherwise increased trade in circumstances, when its creditors did not receive full settlement of their claims, or has ever been or is now a direct or indirect holder of shares in or has ever been or is now a director of any other company incorporated in Malta. Neither of potential shareholders, directors, directors of any potential corporate shareholder or beneficial owners of the proposed Maltese Company has ever acted in a fraudulent or dishonest way in any civil proceedings. Neither of potential shareholders, directors, directors of any potential corporate shareholder or beneficial owners of the proposed Maltese Company resides in a country that is subject to any international restrictions or embargoes introduced by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Malta or any legal successor or a similar international organization.
I / we warrant that all past or pending transactions / documentation will be fully documented / explained to the Administrator prior to his written notice to me / us of his consent to undertake the management of the company.
I / WE CERTIFY AND CONFIRM that the company is legally and financially sound and presented fairly in the latest company documents and registers submitted to the Administrator. I / we will not hold the Administrator responsible for any matters associated with the company prior to the date of commencement of its management by the Administrator. I / we also undertake to execute a standard Customer Service Agreement related to the management of the proposed company by the Administrator.
I / we confirm that neither of potential shareholders, directors, directors of any potential corporate shareholder or beneficial owners of the proposed Maltese Company is a politician or a close family member of or a close partner of an individual politician, who currently has or has had during the last twelve months major public powers defined as follows:
“Politician” means an individual, who is or has been vested with major public powers different from those of mid- or lower level officials. For the purposes hereof, “individuals”, who are or have been vested with major public powers, are as follows:
а) Heads of state, heads of government, ministers, deputy and associate ministers, and parliament secretaries;
- b) Members of parliament or similar legislative bodies;
- c) Members of governing bodies of political parties;
- d) Members of higher, superior and constitution courts or other high-level judicial bodies, whose decisions are not subject to further discussion except for extraordinary circumstances;
- e) Members of Auditing Chambers or central bank boards;
- f) Ambassadors, charges d’affaires and high-level military officers;
- g) Members of administrative, governing or supervisory councils of governmental enterprises;
- h) Any person performing any functions equivalent to those described in clauses (а) – (f) in a European Union agency or any other international body;
Family members include:
(1) Spouse or a person deemed to be an equivalent of the spouse;
(2) Children and their spouses or persons deemed to be an equivalent of the spouse; as well as
(3) Parents.
Persons being close partners mean:
(1) An individual, who jointly beneficially owns a legal person or any other legal entity or has any other close business relations with this politician;
(2) An individual, who solely beneficially owns a legal person or any other legal entity established for the benefit of this politician.
I / we am not / are not (delete as appropriate) a Maltese resident / residents and do not act on behalf of any third person residing in Malta, or;
I / we am / are not (delete as appropriate) a director of any other company incorporated in Malta;
I / we confirm that by filling in and signing this form I / we apply for incorporation / acceptance of the said enterprise in accordance with the agreed rates, and I / we undertake to sign a standard administrative mandate and the Conditions of the Administrator’s Involvement. We are aware that the incorporation / acceptance is subject to approval by the Administrator.
Date: ……………………….
Signature and name (in block letters)________________________________
Beneficial Owner No.1
Witness’s signature and name (in block letters)_________________________
Addresses _______________________________________________________
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Occupation _______________________________________________
Phone _________ Fax __________ Email ________________
Signature and name (in block letters) ________________________________
Beneficial Owner No.2
Witness’s signature and name (in block letters) ________________________
Addresses _______________________________________________________
Addresses _______________________________________________