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RC No.: ________

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The Registrar-General
Corporate Affairs Commission
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Dear Sir/Madam,

RE: NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME OF COMPANY

(Pursuant to Sections 30 and 31 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020)

§1. We write to formally notify the Corporate Affairs Commission (“the Commission”) of the change of name of ________ (“the Company”), a company duly incorporated under the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with Registration Number ________, and having its registered office at ________.

§2. The Company was incorporated at the Commission on ________.

§3. By a Special Resolution duly passed by the members of the Company at its ________ meeting held on ________ at ________, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 30, 31 and 258 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020 and the Articles of Association of the Company, the members resolved that the name of the Company be changed from:

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to:

________.

§4. We confirm that the availability of the proposed new name has been duly approved and reserved by the Commission vide Availability/Reservation Code ________ dated ________.

§6. Accordingly, please find enclosed the following documents in support of this application:

  1. A certified true copy of the Special Resolution authorising the change of name;
  2. Evidence of name reservation/availability approval;
  3. The duly amended Memorandum and Articles of Association reflecting the new name;
  4. Evidence of payment of the prescribed statutory filing fees; and
  5. ________.

We look forward to the Commission’s prompt attention to this application.

Yours faithfully,
For and on behalf of ________



___________________
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DIRECTOR/COMPANY SECRETARY
Designation: ________

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