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Companies Act 2006

Crossheading Shares held by or for public company

  • Section 662 Duty to cancel shares in public company held by or for the company
  • Section 663 Notice of cancellation of shares
  • Section 664 Re-registration as private company in consequence of cancellation
  • Section 665 Issue of certificate of incorporation on re-registration
  • Section 666 Effect of failure to re-register
  • Section 667 Offence in case of failure to cancel shares or re-register
  • Section 668 Application of provisions to company re-registering as public company
  • Section 669 Transfer to reserve on acquisition of shares by public company or nominee
  1. Shares held by or for public company
  2. Notice of cancellation of shares

Section 663 | Notice of cancellation of shares

From legislation.gov.uk

(1)Where a company cancels shares in order to comply with section 662, it must within one month after the shares are cancelled give notice to the registrar, specifying the shares cancelled.

(2)The notice must be accompanied by a statement of capital.

(3)The statement of capital must state with respect to the company's share capital immediately following the cancellation—

(a)the total number of shares of the company,

(b)the aggregate nominal value of those shares,

(ba)the aggregate amount (if any) unpaid on those shares (whether on account of their nominal value or by way of premium), andF1

(c)for each class of shares—

(i)prescribed particulars of the rights attached to the shares,

(ii)the total number of shares of that class, and

(iii)the aggregate nominal value of shares of that class, ...F2

(d)RepealedF2

(4)If default is made in complying with this section, an offence is committed by—

(a)the company, and

(b)every officer of the company who is in default.

(5)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 3 on the standard scale.

Notes

  1. F1

    S. 663(3)(ba) inserted (30.6.2016) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(1), Sch. 6 para. 12(a); S.I. 2016/321, reg. 6(e)

  2. F2

    S. 663(3)(d) and word omitted (30.6.2016) by virtue of Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(1), Sch. 6 para. 12(b); S.I. 2016/321, reg. 6(e)

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