Companies Act 2006: a guide to the new law
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ISBN: | 9781853285684 |
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adam_text | CONTENTS
Preface
ix
About the authors
x
Table of cases
xi
Table of statutes
xiii
Table of statutory instruments and European legislation
xxxiii
1
Introduction: background to the Act
1
Genesis of the Act
1
Outline of the original Bill
3
Economic background to the Bill
7
Aims of the Bill
8
History of the Bill
9
Useful websites
10
2
Company formation, constitution and objects
11
Introduction
11
Company formation
11
Constitution
14
Objects
17
Effect of a company s constitution
18
Capacity, related and other matters
18
Names
21
Registered office
26
Re-registration to alter the company s status
26
3
Company registrar
31
Powers and duties of registrar
31
Delivery of documents to the registrar
31
The register
33
Supplementary provisions
39
Members and register of members
Overseas companies operating in the United Kingdom
Prohibition on subsidiary being a member of its holding company
Exercise of members rights
4
Directors and secretaries
Introduction
Duties of directors
Duty to avoid conflict of interest
Declaration of interest in existing transaction or arrangement
Substantial property transactions, loans, quasi-loans and service contracts
Service contracts
Contracts with sole members who are directors
Directors liabilities
Director s residential address
-
protection from disclosure
Supplementary provisions
Derivative claims and proceedings by members
Company secretaries
5
Resolutions and meetings
Introduction
Resolutions generally
Written resolutions
Resolutions at meetings
Members statements
Procedure at meetings
Proxies
Supplemental
Public companies: additional requirements for annual general meetings
Additional requirements for quoted companies
Records of resolutions and meetings
6
Accounts and reports
Introduction
Annual accounts
Directors report
Publication of accounts and reports
Filing of accounts and reports
Revision of defective accounts and reports
Supplementary provisions: accounting standards
7
Auditing and related matters
127
Audit
127
Raising audit concerns at the accounts meeting of a quoted company
131
Limiting the auditor s liability to the company
131
Statutory auditors (Part
42) 133
8
Company shares and maintenance of capital
135
A company s share capital
135
Allotment of shares
136
Existing shareholders rights of pre-emption on allotment
137
Variation of rights attached to a class of shares
138
Share premiums
138
Redenomination of share capital
139
Reduction of share capital
139
Acquisition by a limited company of its own shares
141
Certification and transfer of securities
144
Information about interests in public company shares
145
Distributions
146
9
Regulation of the conduct of takeovers and mergers
147
Introduction
147
Part
26
scheme of arrangement as an acquisition route
151
Takeover bid as an acquisition route
161
Impediments to takeovers
176
Consequences of a successful bid
179
10
Miscellaneous
188
Introduction
188
Fraudulent trading
188
Protection of members against unfair prejudice
188
Dissolution and restoration to the register
189
Company investigations
193
Companies authorised to register under the Act (Part
33) 194
Unregistered companies
195
Offences under the Companies Acts
195
Interpretation (Part
38) 197
Minor amendments (Part
39) 198
Company directors
-
foreign disqualification
199
Transparency obligations and related matters
200
Corporate governance rules
201
Miscellaneous provisions
202
Company charges
203
Control
of political donations and expenditure
211
Arrangements and reconstruction
216
Debentures
220
Private and public companies
220
Annual return
221
Appendix
1 :
Companies Act
2006 223
Appendix
2:
Table of Destinations
871
Index
925
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CONTENTS
Preface
ix
About the authors
x
Table of cases
xi
Table of statutes
xiii
Table of statutory instruments and European legislation
xxxiii
1
Introduction: background to the Act
1
Genesis of the Act
1
Outline of the original Bill
3
Economic background to the Bill
7
Aims of the Bill
8
History of the Bill
9
Useful websites
10
2
Company formation, constitution and objects
11
Introduction
11
Company formation
11
Constitution
14
Objects
17
Effect of a company's constitution
18
Capacity, related and other matters
18
Names
21
Registered office
26
Re-registration to alter the company's status
26
3
Company registrar
31
Powers and duties of registrar
31
Delivery of documents to the registrar
31
The register
33
Supplementary provisions
39
Members and register of members
Overseas companies operating in the United Kingdom
Prohibition on subsidiary being a member of its holding company
Exercise of members' rights
4
Directors and secretaries
Introduction
Duties of directors
Duty to avoid conflict of interest
Declaration of interest in existing transaction or arrangement
Substantial property transactions, loans, quasi-loans and service contracts
Service contracts
Contracts with sole members who are directors
Directors' liabilities
Director's residential address
-
protection from disclosure
Supplementary provisions
Derivative claims and proceedings by members
Company secretaries
5
Resolutions and meetings
Introduction
Resolutions generally
Written resolutions
Resolutions at meetings
Members' statements
Procedure at meetings
Proxies
Supplemental
Public companies: additional requirements for annual general meetings
Additional requirements for quoted companies
Records of resolutions and meetings
6
Accounts and reports
Introduction
Annual accounts
Directors' report
Publication of accounts and reports
Filing of accounts and reports
Revision of defective accounts and reports
Supplementary provisions: accounting standards
7
Auditing and related matters
127
Audit
127
Raising audit concerns at the accounts meeting of a quoted company
131
Limiting the auditor's liability to the company
131
Statutory auditors (Part
42) 133
8
Company shares and maintenance of capital
135
A company's share capital
135
Allotment of shares
136
Existing shareholders' rights of pre-emption on allotment
137
Variation of rights attached to a class of shares
138
Share premiums
138
Redenomination of share capital
139
Reduction of share capital
139
Acquisition by a limited company of its own shares
141
Certification and transfer of securities
144
Information about interests in public company shares
145
Distributions
146
9
Regulation of the conduct of takeovers and mergers
147
Introduction
147
Part
26
scheme of arrangement as an acquisition route
151
Takeover bid as an acquisition route
161
Impediments to takeovers
176
Consequences of a successful bid
179
10
Miscellaneous
188
Introduction
188
Fraudulent trading
188
Protection of members against unfair prejudice
188
Dissolution and restoration to the register
189
Company investigations
193
Companies authorised to register under the Act (Part
33) 194
Unregistered companies
195
Offences under the Companies Acts
195
Interpretation (Part
38) 197
Minor amendments (Part
39) 198
Company directors
-
foreign disqualification
199
Transparency obligations and related matters
200
Corporate governance rules
201
Miscellaneous provisions
202
Company charges
203
Control
of political donations and expenditure
211
Arrangements and reconstruction
216
Debentures
220
Private and public companies
220
Annual return
221
Appendix
1 :
Companies Act
2006 223
Appendix
2:
Table of Destinations
871
Index
925 |
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