INVESTMENT IN TURKEY
ANNEX 2
 
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR AMENDMENTS IN ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF JOINT STOCK AND LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES

A- Petition for registration bearing the company’s trade name, signed by company officials,

B- Amendment text which has been approved by the shareholders’ meeting in joint stock companies and by board of shareholders in limited liability companies, in 3 copies,

C- Minutes of the shareholders’ meeting for joint stock companies and for limited liability companies having more than 20 shareholders; resolution of board of shareholders for limited liability companies having 20 or fewer shareholders,

D- For joint stock companies, list of participating shareholders at the shareholders’ meeting,

E- Letter of the Ministry of Industry and Trade assigning commissioner for the shareholders’ meeting for joint stock companies and limited liability companies having more than 20 shareholders,

F- For joint stock companies specified in Article 5 of this Communique, the original letter of permit from the Ministry.


In addition to the ones listed above, the following documents has to be attached to the petition where necessary:

In case the resolution of the shareholders’ meeting concerning the amendments in the articles of association are of an essence that may violate the rights of preferential stockholders; minutes of the special meeting of preferential stockholders and the list of the participating shareholders,

In case there are holders of various types of shares with different preferences in joint stock companies; in addition to the resolution of the shareholders’ meeting for amedments in the articles of association for a capital increase, minutes of every special meeting made by the holders of every different type of share and the relevant list of the participating shareholders,

For amendments in articles of association for a capital increase; report of a Sworn Financial Auditor or a Sworn Accountant and Financial Counselor in accordance with the form given in Annex 3 of this Communique, certifying that the previous capital has been paid up,

In case the capital increase is being made by capital in kind or by transfer of another company; expert report ascertaining these and the related court decision for expert assignment,

In case the capital increase is being made by way of supplementing shareholders’ credits; expert report of the court ascertaining these and the related court decision for expert assignment or report of a Sworn Financial Auditor (YMM) or a Public Accountant and Financial Counselor (SMMM),

In case an immovable or a vehicle is being put in as capital in kind; documents certifying that there is no restriction on the subject immovable and that there is no limitation for title transfer of the subject vehicle,

In case the capital increase is being made by way of depositing in stocks or supplementing revaluation reserves, revaluation reserves from participations, cost revaluation reserve, participations’ shares or proceeds from sales of fixed assests; report of a Sworn Financial Auditor (YMM) ascertaining these,

In case the capital increase is being made by foreign shareholder depositing in the stocks of companies established in foreign countries; the original copy of the document issued by the institutions authorized for value assessment in accordance with the laws of the country of origin or experts assigned by the courts of the country of origin or by international rating companies, approved by the related Turkish Consulate or approved in accordance with the provisions of the Convention on the Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Official Documents Approval Obligation, prepared on the basis of the Hague Conference on International Private Law and its Turkish translation,

In case the capital increase is being made by way of supplementing the extraordinary reserves and undistributed profits to the company capital; report of a Sworn Financial Auditor (YMM) or a Public Accountant and Financial Counselor (SMMM) ascertaining these,

In case the company capital is to be reduced, expert report prepared by three experts ascertaining that the company assets cover the receivables of the company creditors and the related court decision for expert assignment,

Since Turkish citizens residing abroad are deemed as foreign investors in accordance with Foreign Direct Investment Law No: 4875, in case these persons apply at the Trade Registry Offices for investing within the framework of the subject law, work and residence permits of these citizens.

Registry outline from the related chamber to accompany reports prepared by occupational members licensed in accordance with Law No: 3568.

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