{"id":1519,"date":"2015-09-01T09:49:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T14:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.campbellslegal.com\/?p=1519"},"modified":"2015-09-30T16:08:08","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T21:08:08","slug":"filing-changes-for-cayman-islands-companies-and-amnesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.campbellslegal.com\/client-advisory\/filing-changes-for-cayman-islands-companies-and-amnesty-1519\/","title":{"rendered":"Filing Changes for Cayman Islands Companies and Amnesty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview \u2013 Current Law<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Companies Law of the Cayman Islands (as revised) (the \u201cLaw\u201d<\/strong>) currently requires all Cayman Islands companies:<\/p>\n

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  1. to maintain at their registered office in the Cayman Islands a register containing the names and addresses of directors and officers; and<\/li>\n
  2. to file with the Cayman Islands Registrar of Companies (the \u201cRegistrar\u201d<\/strong>) details of any changes in directors and officers within thirty (30) days of the change.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    A penalty of CI$1,000 (US$1,219.51) and a further penalty of CI$100 (US$121.95) per day is imposed for late reporting of changes directors and officers, subject to a maximum of CI$1,500 (US$1,829.27) per appointment.<\/p>\n

    Important Note: For filing purposes, alternate directors are treated, and filings have to be made, as if they were directors.\u00a0Therefore, please include alternate directors in any filings.<\/p>\n

    Extension of Notification Period and Reduction of Penalties<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    With effect from 2 November 2015, the Companies (Amendment) Law 2015 (the \u201cAmendment Law<\/strong>\u201d) will change this as follows:<\/p>\n

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    1. companies will have sixty (60) days to notify the Registrar of any changes in directors and officers;<\/li>\n
    2. the maximum penalty per company will be reduced to CI$500 (US$609.76) per company; and<\/li>\n
    3. where the same breach occurs in respect of five or more companies, the maximum penalty will be capped at CI$2,500 (US$3,048.78).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Waiver (Amnesty) Period: 1 September 2015 to 30 October 2015<\/strong><\/h2>\n

      Furthermore, the Registrar will not impose any<\/strong> penalty fees for the late filing of changes to directors and officers with the Registrar during an \u201camnesty\u201d period of 1 September 2015 to 30 October 2015<\/strong> (the \u201cWaiver Period<\/strong>\u201d). This \u201camnesty\u201d applies regardless of when the changes being submitted were made, and how many late changes are submitted. In addition, unpaid penalty notices issued prior to the start of the Waiver Period will be cancelled. However, after the Waiver Period, the filing requirements and penalties imposed by the Amendment Law will be strictly enforced by the Registrar.<\/p>\n

      THE WAIVER PERIOD WILL COMMENCE ON 1 SEPTEMBER 2015 AND END AT 5PM (CAYMAN ISLANDS TIME) ON 30 OCTOBER 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Action Required<\/strong><\/h2>\n

      To take full advantage of the Waiver Period, we recommend that Cayman Islands companies verify details of any changes in directors or officers have been provided to their registered office in the Cayman Islands as early as possible and before the end of the Waiver Period. This will allow any changes which have been overlooked to be filed with the Registrar without incurring penalties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The Companies (Amendment) Law 2015 (the \u201cAmendment Law\u201d) was recently passed by the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly and will come into force on 2 November 2015. Under the Amendment Law, Cayman Islands companies will have sixty (60) days (previously thirty (30) days) to notify the Registrar of Companies (the \u201cRegistrar\u201d) of any changes in directors (including alternate directors) and officers. Furthermore, the Registrar will not impose any penalty fees for the late filing of changes to directors (including alternate directors) and officers with the Registrar during an \u201camnesty\u201d period of 1 September 2015 to 30 October 2015. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-1519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-client-advisory"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.campbellslegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.campbellslegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.campbellslegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.campbellslegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.campbellslegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1519"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.campbellslegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1593,"href":"https:\/\/www.campbellslegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519\/revisions\/1593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.campbellslegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.campbellslegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.campbellslegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.campbellslegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1519"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.campbellslegal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}