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Companies Act 2006

Crossheading Exceptions to right of pre-emption

  • Section 564 Exception to pre-emption right: bonus shares
  • Section 565 Exception to pre-emption right: issue for non-cash consideration
  • Section 566 Exceptions to pre-emption right: employees' share schemes
  • Section 566A Exception to pre-emption right: companies in financial difficulty
  1. Exceptions to right of pre-emption
  2. Exceptions to pre-emption right: employees' share schemes

Section 566 | Exceptions to pre-emption right: employees' share schemes

From legislation.gov.uk

Section 561 (existing shareholders' right of pre-emption) does not apply to the allotment of equity securities that would, apart from any renunciation or assignment of the right to their allotment, be held under or allotted or transferred pursuant to an employees' share scheme.F1

Notes

  1. F1

    S. 566 substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Allotment of Shares and Right of Pre-emption) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2561), reg. 2(4)

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