The Register of Members and the Securities Registers
The register of members, not the certificate and not the cap table spreadsheet, is the record of who owns the company, and it is the first document an investor's counsel asks to inspect.
- 8 pages
- 179
- Word and PDF
- 12 September 2026
The 4 formats inside
- 1Register of Members, Form MGT-1 layouts.88(1)(a) · Rule 3On its own₹149
- 2Declaration by the registered owner, Form MGT-4s.89(1) · Rule 9(1)On its own₹149
- 3Declaration by the beneficial owner, Form MGT-5s.89(2) · Rule 9(2)On its own₹149
- 4Register of Transfers, layoutNot statutory. Kept as a matter of practice; the audit trail for s.56On its own₹149
Read the opening
The first part of “Register of Members, Form MGT-1 layout”, as it downloads. Blanks are highlighted.
Register of Members of [Company Name] Private Limited — CIN [Company's CIN] — maintained under Section 88(1)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 3 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014. Class of shares: [Equity of Rs ___ each / ____ Preference of Rs ___ each]. Maintained at [registered office address].
Part A — particulars of the member (one folio per member per class)
Folio no. | [____] | Date of entry in the register | [DD.MM.YYYY] |
Name of the member | [____________________] [joint holder 1 / joint holder 2, in the order to be entered] | ||
Father's / mother's / spouse's name | [____________________] | ||
Registered address | [address, city, State, PIN, country] | ||
[____________] | PAN / CIN | [__________] | |
Unique identification no. | [__________] | Nationality | [__________] |
Occupation | [__________] | Status | [Individual / Body corporate / Trust / Foreign national / NRI / FPI] |
If a minor: guardian and date of birth | [Name of guardian; DD.MM.YYYY] | ||
Nominee | [Name, address, relationship; date of nomination DD.MM.YYYY; variation / cancellation on DD.MM.YYYY] | ||
Date of becoming a member | [DD.MM.YYYY] | Date of cessation and reason | [DD.MM.YYYY — transfer / transmission / buy-back / reduction] |
Mode of holding | [Physical / Demat] | DP ID / Client ID | [________ / ________] |
Lien, pledge, charge or lock-in | [particulars, in whose favour, date, release date] | ||
Restrictions on transfer | [Article ___ pre-emption; SHA dated DD.MM.YYYY; ESOP lock-in; sweat equity lock-in to DD.MM.YYYY] | ||
Declaration of beneficial interest under s.89 | [Beneficial owner's name and address; MGT-4 dated DD.MM.YYYY; MGT-5 dated DD.MM.YYYY; MGT-6 filed vide SRN ________ on DD.MM.YYYY] | ||