When registering with Qonto, it is required that you specify all shareholders of your company.
Qonto accepts both natural persons and companies (legal entities) as shareholders;
in case a company holds shares in your company, this company must have its registered office in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium or Netherlands and must not be an association or public corporation.
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After signing the contract, you will be redirected to a new window with 4 steps for the further registration process for your company in formation.
The first step relates to the shareholder structure, where you can choose what type of shareholders are involved in the capital contribution - natural/physical or legal persons.
After you have clicked on "Add shareholder", a new window will open in which you can add new shareholders and specify the amount of the capital contribution for each of them.
Registration of a natural person as a shareholder
If you select the natural person, you will be asked to specify the amount of the capital contribution for this shareholder:
After confirming with "Save", you will be forwarded to the next step, in which the data fields for this person must be filled in and the valid ID document/proof of identity must be attached:
After you have confirmed with "Save", you will return to the first window of the list of shareholders. You will receive confirmation (green) that your shareholder structure has been updated.
Registration of a legal entity as a shareholder
If you add a legal entity (company) as a shareholder, you must first specify the name of the company, the registration number and the amount of the contribution (capital contribution);
After you have confirmed with "Save", you will be asked to specify the legal representative (a natural person) for this legal entity, with two options available:
Select option 1 (marked in the image above) if you are not only the legal representative of the company in formation, but also of the shareholder company.
As your data has already been saved during registration, selecting this option will automatically define the shareholder structure and you will be informed of this by a green pop-up window in the bottom right-hand corner:
Select option 2 (marked in the image above) in the event that you are not the legal representative of the shareholder company and you wish to specify a third person.
Then enter the personal data of the third person and upload the identification document of the alternative managing director of the shareholder company.
After you have confirmed with "Save", you will return to the first window of the list of shareholders. You will receive confirmation (green) that your shareholder structure has been updated.
Once you have entered all the shareholders of your company, confirm this in the overview
Done! 🚀 You will now be taken to the next step in the main menu, which will guide you through setting up your company (paying in the share capital).