pt. I. Companies -- Introduction : the Companies Act, 71 of 2008 -- Legal personality, types of company, and company formation -- Groups of companies -- Corporate finance : equity, debt instruments and distributions -- Shareholders and company meetings -- Directors and board committees -- Company records and financial statements -- Securities registration and transfer -- Public offerings of company securities -- Fundamental transactions and takeovers -- Insider trading -- Business rescue proceedings and compromises -- Audit, independent review, audit committees and the company secretary -- Remedies, enforcement agencies and alternative dispute resolution -- The winding-up and deregistration of companies -- Close Corporations -- Partnerships -- Business trusts -- Financial markets.