Category Archives: Cooperatives

Rules on Principal Office Address of Corporations and Partnerships

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has extended the compliance period — until 30 June 2015 (per Memorandum Circular No. 1, series of 2015) — for companies and partnerships to comply with the required designation of the principal office address. We believe that it’s helpful to disseminate the information to non-clients as well, so we are summarizing the requirements below, culled from SEC Memorandum Circular No. 6 (series of 2014; full text) and SEC Memorandum Circular No. 16 (series of 2014; full text). Continue reading

Principal Office Address of Corporations and Partnerships (SEC Memorandum Circular No. 16; full text)

[See also SEC Rules on Principal Offic Address; and Memorandum Circular No. 6, series of 2014]

Republic of the Philippines
Department of Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC Building, EDSA, Greenhills, Mandaluyong City

MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR No. 16
Series of 2014.

TO : ALL CONCERNED

SUBJECT : PRINCIPAL OFFICE ADDRESS OF CORPORATIONS
AND PARTNERSHIPS Continue reading

Amendment of the Principal Office Address (SEC Memorandum Circular No. 6; full text)

[See also Rules on Principal Offic Address; and SEC Memorandum Circular No. 16, series of 2014]

Republic of the Philippines
Department of Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC Building, EDSA, Greenhills, Mandaluyong City

Company Registration and Monitoring Department

MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR No. 6
Series of 2014.

TO : ALL CONCERNED

SUBJECT : AMENDMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE ADDRESS Continue reading

Cooperatives in the Philippines: An Introduction

(Please see updated Introduction to the Philippine Cooperative Code of 2008, taking into consideration the enactment of the new law, Republic Act No. 9520.)

A cooperative is a duly registered association of persons with a common bond of interest, who have voluntarily joined together to achieve a lawful common social or economic end, making equitable to contribution to the capital required and accepting a fair share of the risks and benefits of the undertaking in accordance with universally accepted cooperative principle. Continue reading