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Bus/Financial - Law (general) | | English term or phrase: registrar | How does a registrar differ from a transfer agent?
Is a registrar an employee or officer of a corporation, or is it a civil servant?
Sample Context (California Corporations Code)
"416. (a) Every holder of shares in a corporation shall be entitled
to have a certificate signed in the name of the corporation by the
chairman or vice chairman of the board or the president or a vice
president and by the chief financial officer or an assistant
treasurer or the secretary or any assistant secretary, certifying the
number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by the
shareholder. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be
facsimile. In case any officer, ***transfer agent or registrar*** who has
signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a
certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or
registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the
corporation with the same effect as if such person were an officer,
transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue." |
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| | English translation:Work together, but slightly different roles... | Explanation:
What Does Transfer Agent Mean?
A trust company, bank or similar financial institution assigned by a corporation to maintain records of investors and account balances and transactions, to cancel and issue certificates, to process investor mailings and to deal with any associated problems (i.e. lost or stolen certificates).
The registrar is responsible for keeping track of the owners of bonds and the issuance of stocks. Working with the transfer agent, the registrar keeps current files of the owners of a bond issue and the stockholders in a corporation. The registrar ensures that no more than the authorized amount of stock is in circulation. If the registrar and transfer agent are the same company, then there must be a Chinese Wall separating the functions. |
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1 hr confidence: someone whose job is to keep official records, especially at a college or university
Explanation:
MacMillan English Dictionary -American: someone whose job is to keep official records, especially at a college or university
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary: an official whose job is to keep official records, especially of births, deaths and marriages
Collins Cobuild 5: In Britain, a registrar is a person whose job is to keep official records, especially of births, marriages, and deaths.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (4th Ed): someone who is in charge of official records of births, marriages, and deaths
American Heritage Dictionary: One who is in charge of official records.
An officer in a college or university who keeps the records of enrollment and academic standing.
An officer of a corporation responsible for maintaining records of ownership of its securities.
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