[ SEC Memorandum Circular No. 8, July 31, 2015 ]
AMENDMENT ON THE GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES ON THE USE OF CORPORATE AND PARTNERSHIP NAMES
Date Filed: 13 August 2015
The Commission En Banc in its meeting on 2 July 2015, resolved to amend paragraph 1 of SEC Memorandum Circular No. 21, series of 2013 (Omnibus Guidelines and Procedures on the Use of Corporate and Partnership Names) dated 04 December 2013 to read as follows:
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The corporate name shall contain the word Corporation or Incorporated, or the abbreviations Corp. or Inc. respectively; |
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The partnership name shall bear the word Company or Co. and if it is a limited partnership, the word Limited or Ltd. A professional partnership name may bear the word Company, Associates, or Partners, or similar descriptions; |
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The corporate name of a foundation shall use the word Foundation ; |
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The corporate name of all non-stock, non-profit corporations, including non-governmental organizations and foundations, engaging in micro finance activities shall use the word Microfinance or Microfinancing ; provided that said corporations shall state in the purpose clause of their Articles of Incorporation that they shall conduct microfinance operations pursuant to Republic Act No. 8425 or the Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation Act. |
This amendment shall take effect immediately after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
31 July, 2015.
Mandaluyong City, Philippines.
Chairperson