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Corporate name does not carry the controlling shareholder's name

What the rule requires

Nothing requires it, but a name carrying the registrant's own name is how the corporation is matched to the registrant on the RECO register.

Authority: Drafting practice (identification)

What goes wrong

The corporate name does not appear to contain the first director's surname as filed. Nothing requires it. This is convention, and it is how the corporation is matched to the registrant on RECO's register.

What good looks like

The corporate name appears to carry the first director's surname. Confirm it matches the name on the RECO register exactly. We can only compare against this document.

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