Annual Returns

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Annual returns
An annual return is a document that contains details of a company's share capital,
indebtedness, directors, shareholders, changes in dictatorships, corporate
governance disclosures etc. ...The regulations of the Companies Act, 2013 specifies
that every company must prepare and file annual return with the registrar each
financial year before the 29th of November. In this article, we look at the information
filed by company in its annual return in detail

Authorized Signatories
An annual return should have the authorized digital signature of a director and the
company secretary. In the absence of a company secretary, a company secretary in
practice can fulfill this responsibility. If the particular firm is a one-person company or
small company, the annual return can be signed by a director only.

Annual Return Forms

1. Annual returns must be filed in Form MGT-7 within 60 days from the date of
Annual General Meeting (AGM).
2. Annual Returns of listed companies and companies having a paid-up share capital
of Rs 10 crores or more must be certified by a company secretary in practice in
Form MGT 8.
3. Every foreign company must file their annual returns in Form FC-4 within a period
of 60 days from the last day of its financial year.
4. All the companies must prepare the extract of Annual Return in Form MGT-9.
Details of Registration
● Registration number of the company
● Foreign company registration number/ Global Location Number (GLN)
● Corporate Identity Number (CIN)
● Category of the company
● Sub-category of the company
● Names of stock exchanges where the shares are listed
● Whether or not the AGM was held in the particular year. If it was held, the date or
due date of AGM. If it wasn’t held, the reason for not organizing the same.

Contents of Annual Return

A company’s annual return must contain the following details:

1. Details of registration
2. Particulars of the company’s registered office
3. Principal business activities pursued by the company
4. Particulars of Holding, Subsidiary and Associate Companies
5. Particulars of the shares, debentures and other securities of the company
6. Particulars of turnover and net worth of the company
7. Details of shareholding pattern.
8. Indebtedness
9. Details of members, debenture holders and other securities holder
10. Details of shares/Debenture transfers of the particular financial year
11. Particulars of promoters
12. Particulars of directors
13. Particulars Key Managerial Personnel
14. Details of meetings of members/class of members/Board/Committees of the Board
of Directors
15. Remuneration of directors
16. Remuneration of Key Managerial Personnel
17. Details on penalties/punishment/compounding of offences on company, directors
and other officers in default
18. Details of matters pertaining to certification of compliances and disclosure
19. Details in respect of shares held by or on behalf of the Foreign Institutional
Investor (FII)
20. Details of other pertinent disclosures

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