63.This Schedule contains the list of documents CDC is under a duty to deliver to the registrar by virtue of section 2. The list is closely modelled on the filing requirements of the Companies Act 1985. Part I of Schedule 2 specifies the modifications to that Act which apply to this Schedule (see paragraph 68 below).
64.The first two documents are the memorandum and articles of association of CDC. These are the constitutional documents of a company containing certain specified information about the company (such as its objects) and the company's internal regulations. These paragraphs make clear that CDC's constitutional documents must comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 1985 which apply to the constitutional documents of a plc, with the modifications set out in Part I of Schedule 2.
65.The statement under paragraph 3 is again intended to fulfil one of the filing requirements of the Companies Act 1985. It requires the particulars of CDC's directors and secretary as nominated by the Secretary of State under section 1 to be filed with the registrar.
66.Paragraphs 4-6 are based upon the requirements of section 43 (and the following sections) of the Companies Act 1985. These sections provide the means by which a private company can convert to the status of a public company. As noted above, there are EC law obligations applying to public companies which stipulate the minimum amount of share capital such a company may have. Section 43 of the Companies Act 1985 implements these EC requirements by, broadly, requiring that a company wishing to change its status to public company status must be able to demonstrate to the registrar that it has sufficient net assets to support its share capital and undistributable reserves. Since CDC is converting to public company status, it too must comply with these EC law-derived requirements.
67.Consequently, these paragraphs of the Act replicate the requirements of section 43 with the modifications which are necessary to reflect the fact that CDC is a statutory corporation without a share capital at the time it needs to demonstrate that it has sufficient net assets. The statements made by the auditors and by CDC are, therefore, made on the assumption that CDC has been converted to plc status at the time the statements are made and that its share capital has been created in accordance with the Secretary of State's order under section 1(3)(b). In addition there is an assumption that CDC has not given notice of intention to carry on business as an investment company since different provisions of the Companies Act 1985 apply to investment companies.
Schedule 1: Documents to be filed