Task:
Purpose:
Legal Entities:
Questions:
1) What is the nature of the charge, noting that there are certain exceptions:
The following charges cannot be registered:
•
a charge in favour of a landlord on a cash deposit given as a security in
connection with the lease of land; or
• a charge
excluded from the application of the section 784 of the Companies Regulations
2020 or any other law of the ADGM.
This must be
either
· The company that created the
charge; or
· Any person interested in the
charge
Goods –
Aircraft, Goods – Other, General Intangibles, Account, Debenture, Financial
Property, Goods – Ship, Intellectual Property, Other, Real Property (Land,
Building, Unit), Tangible Property

Where a charge
is created or evidenced by an instrument made between two or more parties,
references in the table above are to execution by all the parties to the
instrument whose execution is essential for the instrument to take effect as a
charge.
The Registrar is
entitled without further enquiry to accept a charge as created on the date
given as the date of creation of the charge in a charge filing statement.
“Deed” means a
deed governed by the law of the ADGM, or an instrument governed by a law other
than the law of the ADGM which requires delivery under that law in order to
take effect.
References to
delivery, in relation to a deed, include delivery as a deed where required.
Pay Attention:
1)
The Registration Authority will include in the register of charges, a statement
of satisfaction in whole or in part or a statement of the fact that all or part
of the property or undertaking has been released from the charge or has ceased
to form part of the company’s property or undertaking.
2) A person taking a charge
over a company’s property shall be taken to have notice of another charge
disclosed on the public register at the time the charge is created..
3) The
application to register a charge must be delivered before the end of the period
allowed for delivery, which is 21 days beginning with the day after the date of
creation of the charge, unless a Court order allowing an extended period is
made.
Submission:
Timeline:
Timeframe:
Supporting documents:
§ a certified copy of the
instrument creating or evidencing the charge, if the charge is created or
evidenced by an instrument
§ in the case of a charge in
respect of which a court order has been made to extend the period allowed for
delivery, a copy of that court order
§ Contact details and KYC of
debtors and secured parties
§ Details of the collateral
(depending on the exact nature of the collateral)
Applicable Legislation:
KOUNTED Fees:
ADGM Fees:
Fine:

Guidance Charges Registration.pdf