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Mr Secretary Darling

442

Page 68, line 8 [Clause 149], leave out ‘or’ and insert ‘and’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

17

Page 68, line 22 [Clause 150], at end insert—

      ‘(2A) The nominated person has no right to enforce the rights conferred by the nomination against the company as they were conferred by the company’s articles.’.


Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

18

Page 69, line 10 [Clause 151], after ‘rights)’, insert ‘and sections 152 and 153 (exercise of rights where shares held on behalf of others)’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

353

Page 69, line 22 [Clause 152], after ‘company’, insert ‘whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market’.


Mr Secretary Darling

805

Page 268, line 36 [Clause 556], at end insert—

      ‘But see section (Authorised minimum: application of initial requirement) (initial authorised minimum share capital requirement for public company to be met by reference to share capital denominated in sterling or euros).’.


Mr Secretary Darling

615

Page 270, line 14 [Clause 562], leave out from second ‘that’ to ‘to’ in line 15 and insert ‘, neither as respects dividends nor as respects capital, carries any right’.


Mr Secretary Darling

699

Page 272, line 9 [Clause 565], at end insert—

      ‘(9) Chapter 3 of Part 3 (resolutions affecting a company’s constitution) applies to a resolution under this section.’.

Mr Secretary Darling

616

Page 272, line 32 [Clause 567], at end insert ‘that’.

Mr Secretary Darling

617

Page 272, line 33 [Clause 567], at end insert ‘and’.


Mr Secretary Darling

214

Page 273, line 13 [Clause 568], leave out ‘2’ and insert ‘3’.


Mr Secretary Darling

574

Page 276, line 7 [Clause 576], after first ‘holder’ insert ‘—

        (a) has no registered address in an EEA State and has not given to the company an address in an EEA State for the service of notices on him, or

        (b) ’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

26

Page 276, line 7 [Clause 576], after ‘warrant’, insert ‘or has no registered address in the United Kingdom and has not given to the company an address in the United Kingdom for the service of notices on him’.

Mr Secretary Darling

575

Page 276, line 10 [Clause 576], leave out ‘of not less than 21 days’.

Mr Secretary Darling

576

Page 276, line 11 [Clause 576], at end insert—

      ‘(4A) The period must be a period of at least 21 days beginning—

        (a) in the case of an offer made in hard copy form, with the date on which the offer is sent or supplied;

        (b) in the case of an offer made in electronic form, with the date on which the offer is sent;

        (c) in the case of an offer made by publication in the Gazette, with the date of publication.’.

Mr Secretary Darling

577

Page 276, line 13 [Clause 576], leave out ‘(4)’ and insert ‘(4A)’.

Mr Secretary Darling

618

Page 276, line 37 [Clause 578], leave out from ‘shares’ to end of line 39.


Mr Secretary Darling
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Total signatories: 7

27

Page 283, line 17 [Clause 595], after ‘pay’, insert ‘a’.

Mr Secretary Darling

578

Page 283, line 33 [Clause 597], at end insert ‘a cash consideration.

      (2A) A “cash consideration” means’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

28

Page 283, line 38 [Clause 597], at end insert ‘or

        ‘(e) the creation of an obligation to make a payment to or for the account of the company in accordance with the rules and practices of the operator of a relevant system as defined by regulation 2(1) of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001.’.

Mr Secretary Darling

579

Page 283, line 38 [Clause 597], at end insert ‘, or

        (e) payment by any other means giving rise to a present or future entitlement (of the company or a person acting on the company’s behalf) to a payment, or credit equivalent to payment, in cash.’.

Mr Secretary Darling

580

Page 283, line 38 [Clause 597], at end insert—

      ‘( ) The Secretary of State may by order provide that particular means of payment specified in the order are to be regarded as falling within subsection (2)(e).’.


Mr Secretary Darling

581

Page 284, line 7 [Clause 597], at end insert—

      ‘(5) An order under this section is subject to negative resolution procedure.’.


Mr Secretary Darling

620

Page 286, line 35 [Clause 603], after ‘Chapter’ insert ‘or Chapter 6’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

29

Page 286, line 35 [Clause 603], after ‘Chapter’, insert ‘or Chapter 6 of this Part’.


Mr Secretary Darling

621

Page 287, line 6 [Clause 603], after ‘Chapter’ insert ‘or Chapter 6’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

30

Page 287, line 6 [Clause 603], after ‘Chapter’, insert ‘or Chapter 6 of this Part’.

Mr Secretary Darling

622

Page 287, line 23 [Clause 603], after ‘Chapter’ insert ‘or Chapter 6’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

31

Page 287, line 23 [Clause 603], after ‘Chapter’, insert ‘or Chapter 6 of this Part’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

32

Page 287, line 44 [Clause 605], after ‘Chapter’, insert ‘or Chapter 6 of this Part’.

Mr Secretary Darling

623

Page 287, line 46 [Clause 605], after ‘Chapter’ insert ‘or Chapter 6’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

33

Page 287, line 46 [Clause 605], after ‘Chapter’, insert ‘or Chapter 6 of this Part’.


Mr Secretary Darling

624

Page 288, line 24 [Clause 607], at end insert—

      ‘Accordingly, subsection (1) does not apply in that case.’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

34

Page 288, line 24 [Clause 607], at end insert ‘and accordingly subsection (1) does not apply in that case’.

Mr Secretary Darling

625

Page 288, line 29 [Clause 607], leave out ‘Chapter’ and insert ‘section or section 610’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

35

Page 288, line 29 [Clause 607], after ‘Chapter’, insert ‘(excluding sections 611 and 612)’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

37

Page 288, line 34 [Clause 610], at end insert ‘and accordingly subsection (1) does not apply in that case’.


Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

36

Page 290, line 20 [Clause 610], after first ‘valuation’, insert ‘,’.


Mr Secretary Darling

626

Page 295, line 35 [Clause 620], after ‘Chapter’ insert ‘or Chapter 5’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

38

Page 295, line 35 [Clause 620], after ‘Chapter’, insert ‘or Chapter 5 of this Part’.


Mr Secretary Darling

627

Page 296, line 6 [Clause 620], after ‘Chapter’ insert ‘or Chapter 5’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

39

Page 296, line 6 [Clause 620], after ‘Chapter’ insert ‘or Chapter 5 of this Part’.

Mr Secretary Darling

628

Page 296, line 23 [Clause 620], after ‘Chapter’ insert ‘or Chapter 5’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

40

Page 296, line 23 [Clause 620], after ‘Chapter’ insert ‘or Chapter 5 of this Part’.


Mr Secretary Darling

629

Page 297, line 8 [Clause 622], after ‘Chapter’ insert ‘or Chapter 5’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

41

Page 297, line 8 [Clause 622], at end insert ‘or Chapter 5 of this Part’.


Mr Secretary Darling

630

Page 299, line 14 [Clause 627], after ‘secured’ insert ‘at least’.

Mr Secretary Darling

631

Page 299, line 17 [Clause 627], after ‘has’ insert ‘secured at least’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

42

Page 299, line 19 [Clause 627], after ‘B’ insert ‘(whether all or any of those shares were acquired in pursuance of that arrangement or not)’.

Mr Secretary Darling

632

Page 299, line 29 [Clause 627], after ‘having’ insert ‘secured at least’.


Mr Secretary Darling

649

Page 301, line 45 [Clause 632], leave out ‘an ordinary’ and insert ‘a’.


Mr Secretary Darling

650

Page 303, line 26 [Clause 636], leave out ‘ordinary’.


Mr Secretary Darling

700

Page 304, line 7 [Clause 636], at end insert—

      ‘(8) Chapter 3 of Part 3 (resolutions affecting a company’s constitution) applies to a resolution under this section.’.


Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

43

Page 306, line 32, leave out Clause 643.

Mr Secretary Darling

817

Page 306, line 33 [Clause 643], leave out ‘purpose of this Chapter’ and insert ‘purposes of the Companies Acts’.


Mr Secretary Darling

582

Page 307, line 5 [Clause 644], leave out ‘be varied if, and only if,’ and insert ‘only be varied—

        (a) in accordance with provision in the company’s articles for the variation of those rights, or

        (b) where the company’s articles contain no such provision, if’.

Mr Secretary Darling

583

Page 307, line 26 [Clause 645], leave out ‘be varied if, and only if,’ and insert ‘only be varied—

        (a) in accordance with provision in the company’s articles for the variation of those rights, or

        (b) where the company’s articles contain no such provision, if’.


Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

44

Page 308, line 30 [Clause 647], after ‘shall’, insert ‘,’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

45

Page 308, line 30 [Clause 647], after ‘satisfied’, insert ‘,’.


Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

46

Page 309, line 28 [Clause 650], leave out ‘class of its shares’ and insert ‘of the shares of a particular class’.

Mr Secretary Darling

819

Page 309, line 28 [Clause 650], after ‘class’, insert ‘or description’.


Mr Secretary Darling
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Total signatories: 7

47

Page 311, line 22 [Clause 655], leave out ‘pay off’ and insert ‘repay’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

48

Page 311, line 29 [Clause 655], at end insert—

      ‘(7) Where the company has reduced its share capital, any reserve arising from the reduction shall be treated for the purposes of Part 24 as a realised profit of the company, except to the extent that the terms of the special resolution under this section, or of the court order confirming the reduction under sections 659 to 665, provide otherwise.’.


Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

794

Page 312, line 24 [Clause 657], leave out ‘(including any contingent or prospective liabilities)’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

793

Page 312, line 24 [Clause 657], leave out ‘or prospective’.


Mr Secretary Darling

806

Page 316, line 25 [Clause 664], leave out ‘(see section 776)’.


Mr Secretary Darling
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Total signatories: 7

49

Page 320, line 24 [Clause 673], leave out ‘the’ and insert ‘a’.


Mr Secretary Darling

635

Page 321, line 29 [Clause 675], after ‘Part’ insert ‘or Part 30 (protection of members against unfair prejudice)’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

50

Page 321, line 29 [Clause 675], after ‘Part’ insert ‘or Part 30’.

Mr Secretary Darling

807

Page 321, line 44 [Clause 675], leave out ‘(see section 776)’.


Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

51

Page 322, line 42 [Clause 677], at end insert ‘and it shall not be necessary for the company to comply with sections 655 and 659 (resolution to reduce share capital and application to court for approval)’.

Mr Secretary Darling

701

Page 322 [Clause 677], leave out lines 43 and 44 and insert—

      ‘Chapter 3 of Part 3 (resolutions affecting a company’s constitution) applies to any such resolution.’.


Mr Secretary Darling
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Total signatories: 7

52

Page 323, line 37 [Clause 679], leave out ‘registered’ and insert ‘re-registered’.


Mr Secretary Darling

637

Page 324, line 14 [Clause 681], after ‘Part’ insert ‘or Part 30 (protection of members against unfair prejudice)’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

53

Page 324, line 14 [Clause 681], after ‘Part’ insert or ‘or Part 30’.


Mr Secretary Darling

638

Page 326, line 30 [Clause 686], leave out from ‘retained’ to end of line 36 and insert ‘—

          (i) under section 61 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993, or otherwise, as reimbursement or partial reimbursement for any contributions equivalent premium paid in connection with the scheme under Part 3 of that Act, or

          (ii) under section 57 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993, or otherwise, as reimbursement or partial reimbursement for any contributions equivalent premium paid in connection with the scheme under Part 3 of that Act.’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

54

Page 326, line 36 [Clause 686], leave out ‘that’ and insert ‘the relevant’.


Mr Secretary Darling

459

Page 328, line 9 [Clause 691], leave out from ‘for’ to ‘to’ and insert ‘that company, or a company that is a subsidiary of that company,’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djangoly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

422

Page 328, line 23 [Clause 691], after ‘subsidiaries’, insert, ‘incorporated in the United Kingdom’.

Mr Secretary Darling

460

Page 328, line 23 [Clause 691], leave out from ‘for’ to ‘to’ and insert ‘that company, or a company that is a subsidiary of that company,’.

Mr Secretary Darling

461

Page 328, line 25 [Clause 691], after first ‘company’ insert ‘in which the shares were acquired’.


Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

795

Page 330, line 1 [Clause 694], leave out paragraphs (i) and (ii) and insert ‘a dividend or other distribution lawfully made, including a distribution made in the course of the company’s winding-up,’.

Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Charles Hendry
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire
Justine Greening

55

Page 330, line 10 [Clause 694], leave out ‘any thing’ and insert ‘anything’.

 
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