Listed Company Services Provided By Dixcart in Guernsey
LISTED COMPANY SERVICES PROVIDED BY DIXCART IN GUERNSEY
Background
Dixcart Trust Corporation Limited (‘Dixcart’) provides a suite of outsourced professional company secretarial services for listed companies that trade on worldwide stock exchanges. This includes the provision of a professional company secretary who will also advise on current governance matters.
What Services Can Dixcart Offer?
- Provision of a chartered governance professional (ACG) (Chartered Secretary) with 20+ years of listed company experience with clients trading on stock exchanges in the UK, Canada, USA and Australia.
- Management of Board & Committee meetings: pre-meeting discussion with Chairs; draft agendas; circulate meeting materials; attend and act as recording secretary; prepare initial ‘Matters Arising’ list from the meeting; and prepare minutes.
- Assistance with ongoing regulatory compliance for the listed company.
- Assistance in preparing AGM meeting materials.
- Monitor corporate governance policies to ensure best practices are being maintained.
- Undertake annual Board assessments and tabulate results in a confidential manner.
- Administer compensation plans.
- Function as warrant agent for the listed company.
- Function as the liaison for the listed company with the registrar and professional advisors.
- Minute Book custody in both hard copy and electronic format.
- Provision of an administrative substance expected of operating companies.
Private Companies
Many private companies require their internal governance to be at the same level as that of a listed company, especially where the shareholders have invested significant financial capital. Dixcart can work with management and the Board of these companies to determine and implement an appropriate level of corporate governance policies and processes. This is particularly of interest to a private company that is seeking an exchange listing as part of its short to medium-term corporate strategy.
Attendance at Meetings
Many Board and Committee meetings are held by video conferencing platforms. However, as the Guernsey office is only a short flight to London and has excellent transport links to other key UK airports, this enables easy access to European and international connections, therefore attendance in person for Board and Committee meetings is easily facilitated.
What Advantages Does Dixcart Offer?
Dixcart provides effective and efficient solutions to listed company clients, using experience gained over 20+ years.
The cost-effective solution for a listed company is to outsource the company secretary role until there is a requirement to engage a full-time in-house person. Dixcart is well positioned in this market to provide an experienced company secretary, whether as an officer position or in an advisory role.
Further Information
For further information on this topic please contact your usual Dixcart adviser or speak to Shaun Drake in the Guernsey office: advice.guernsey@dixcart.com.
