Time and again we hear feedback from Company Directors and Officers on what keeps them awake at night, including:

• Available resources.

• Access to high-quality staff.

• Competing business priorities.

• Regulatory compliance and increased governance requirements.

• Shareholders, banks and other stakeholders.

• Competitors.

• Time & money.

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Fernville Group was established to provide solutions to these, through cost-effective and professional services to clients, as little or as much as they require, be it on a permanent or ad hoc basis, throughout the entrepeneurial lifecycle of a company.

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With a blend of commercial, technical and personal skills and attributes, we are here to help.

Fernville Group will oversee compliance with the various ASIC, Corporations Act and ASX/NSX listing requirements, with services that are cost effective as your trusted business partner.

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In delivering company secretarial solutions, we instil confidence that the obligations and requirements placed upon the company will be met and managed in a timely, tidy and effective manner, thus reducing the risk of breaches, fines and regulatory investigations.

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Services include:

• Day to day contact with the company’s share registry.

• Maintain the corporate register(s) and minute books.

• Board meeting management.

• Assist in the preparation and lodgement of ASX/NSX announcements.

• Draft all documents required in relation to changes to the company share structure, directors or their details.

• Change in addresses of the company or other notifiable changes, and lodgement of all forms and notices required with ASIC and the ASX/NSX.

• Liaise with the relevant parties regarding the finalisation of annual and periodic financial reports, ensuring their approval by the directors and lodgement with the ASX/NSX prior to the reporting deadlines.

• General meeting support.

• Act as the point of contact for Australian regulatory bodies.

• Assist with the annual review process including ensuring payment of the required ASIC annual fee and the passing of the required solvency resolution.

• Advice and assistance relating to corporate governance principles and the drafting of policies, charters, corporate governance statements and reports, including securities trading policy and board & committee charters.

Looking to list on the ASX or NSX? Exciting times, until the work starts piling up ... you will be faced with numerous tasks from your lead manager, lawyers, accountants, banks, regulators, major shareholders and other interested parties.

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Fernville Group offers a tailored, professional service based on as little or as much assistance to help you achieve the goal of admission to the ASX/NSX and ongoing post-listing requirements, at a significant cost benefit to either employing a resource direct or outsourcing to your advisors.

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This can include assistance with:

• Treasury (bank account structure, funding agreements, foreign exchange and interest rate risk management etc).

• Investor relations.

• Share registry liaison, including pre-IPO and at-listing.

• Project management, acting as conduit with the advisors.

• Forms lodgement (ASIC, ASX/NSX).

• Escrow agreement execution.

• Prospectus proof reading.

Fernville Group assists listed companies with discharging their ongoing requirements post-listing, including:

• Outsourced CFO.

• Book-keeping and other administration support.

• Transactional banking arrangements.

• Debt facilities negotiation/renewal.

• Investor relations.

• Independent review of your share registry arrangements.

Against a backdrop of increased governance requirements, generational change and shareholder activism, Fernville Group can provide For-Profit companies with inquisitive and well credentialed Non-Executive Directors.

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All our team are graduates of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Company Director's course, and bring to clients a broad range of personal and professional attributes, across multiple industries and disciplines, together with a extensive professional network.

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Fernville Group can also provide Resident Director and registered office services for foreign registered companies.