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ARTICLE · 01 APRIL 1996

Offshore Companies

Hugh Peralta & Co
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MaltaWealth Management
Two types of offshore companies may be registered in terms of the Malta Financial Services Centre Act, 1988:

(i) The trading offshore company, and

(ii) The non-trading offshore company.

1. MAIN FEATURES

Reference is made to Section 9 of the Article "Malta - An International Financial Services Centre" for some general comments as to these two types of offshore companies. As may be viewed therein, the main features of the offshore company are the following:

(i) It must be owned by persons not resident in Malta. A nominee company may act as nominee shareholder in order to afford anonymity to the beneficial owners of the shares. Incidentally, a nominee company is a company holding a warrant from the MFSC. All offshore companies must be registered through the agency of a nominee company, which has the ongoing obligation to ensure the observance of the law on the offshore companies' part.

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