A company can be incorporated under the International Companies Act 1987 ("The Act") as an international company if its shareholders are non-resident of Samoa. A trustee company registered under the Trustee Companies Act 1987 may hold shares in an international company.
International companies –
- may be incorporated under foreign language names, e.g. Chinese, French, Japanese, German
- have no minimum capital requirements and shares may be of no par value ;
- may designate shares in most major currencies and may issue bearer shares ;
- need appoint only one director but there is no obligation to appoint a resident director.
- must appoint either a resident agent or a resident secretary who must be an officer of a registered trustee company. If a resident secretary is not appointed then an international company must appoint a non-resident secretary.
