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Listing requirements and continuing obligations—premium listing and standard listing—prior to 29 July 2024 A significant restructuring of the UK listing regime came into effect on 29 July 2024 which included the removal of the premium and standard listing segments and the creation of a single listing category for equity shares in commercial companies. The commercial companies category is heavily disclosure-based and sits alongside other listing categories such as the shell companies, secondary listing and closed ended investment fund categories.  The UK Listing Rules sourcebook came into force to implement the changes and the Listing Rules sourcebook was revoked. For further information see Practice Note: Reform of the UK listing regime—fundamentals. This checklist reflects the listing regime prior to 29 July 2024 and has been retained for reference purposes. This checklist compares the listing requirements and key continuing obligations that previously applied to a commercial company with a listing of equity securities on the premium and standard listing segments prior to 29 July 2024. Requirements for listing—prior to 29 July 2024...
Intra-group reorganisation (by share sale)─checklist This Checklist summarises the key steps involved in an intra-group reorganisation by sale of shares of an English-incorporated company to another English-incorporated company and highlights certain issues which may arise for the company as a result of such process. This Checklist does not claim to be exhaustive, as the issues that arise in connection with an intra-group reorgnisation by share sale and the steps involved in the process will vary from one transaction to the next. For a summary of the key issues involved in an intra-group reorganisation by way of an asset sale, please refer to: Intra-group reorganisation (by asset sale)─checklist. Consideration of a corporate reorganisation may also require specialist assistance in property, employment, pensions, intellectual property, information technology, finance and tax matters. Please consider obtaining further guidance on these areas. For further information, see Practice Notes: IP and IT aspects of intra-group reorganisations and Intra-group reorganisations and pensions. Issue Guidance Determining the reorganisation structure and other preliminary considerations (general) Asset purchase or...
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Reporting on the findings of the due diligence review in a private equity buyout transaction This Practice Note is part of the Lexis+® UK Corporate private equity buyout transaction toolkit. The reporting process Each adviser engaged to conduct due diligence should both report their key findings (especially any key issues and problems) as they are discovered and also then prepare a due diligence report to highlight material issues arising from their review exercise. The advisers’ engagement letters should set out the agreed timing, form and content of the due diligence report. Draft or interim reports may be prepared and circulated periodically throughout the process, so that material issues can be dealt with as they arise. Often, by the time the final report is submitted to the private equity investor, the investor will be aware of all material issues which may affect the transaction. The purpose of a legal due diligence report is to: • give the investor sufficient information about the target and to summarise that information...
Private Client Legal Research resources The following key Private Client resources are available in Lexis+® UK and linked to throughout Private Client content, providing useful practical commentary, legislation, rules and guidance for Private Client lawyers working in private practice or in-house. Please note the titles listed can only be accessed with the relevant Lexis+® UK subscription(s). Wills, probate and trusts Title Summary Who should use this resource? Williams on Wills The leading commentary on all aspects of the law of Wills. Lawyers or other professionals involved in the drafting or interpretation of Wills. Tristram and Coote's Probate Practice The leading commentary on probate, providing up-to-date, expert guidance on all aspects of probate procedure and including precedents recommended by Probate Registrars. Lawyers or other professionals involved in probate or estate administration work, including contentious probate. Butterworths Wills Probate and Administration Service A comprehensive service containing clear, step-by-step guidance on all areas of the law and practice of probate and estate administration, from...
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Precedent agreement for employee shareholder shares [Archived] Archived: The ability to offer tax-favoured employee shareholder shares or ESS (commonly used in private equity company arrangements) has now been removed. The government announced in the Autumn Statement 2016, the removal of the following reliefs in relation to ESS shares: • the income tax and NICs relief which applies to the first £2,000 worth of employee shareholder shares received by an individual • the capital gains tax exemption in respect of all or a portion of the ESS shares, and • the provision which ensures that, when a company buys employee shareholder shares back from an employee shareholder, the consideration is not a distribution in the shareholder’s hands The removal of the reliefs applies to any employer shareholder agreements made on or after 1 December 2016. However, any individual who received independent advice regarding entering into an employer shareholder agreement before 23 November 2016 still had the opportunity to enter into the agreement before 1 December 2016 and still...
Board minutes—approving the adoption of an unapproved option plan and the grant of unapproved options [insert name of company adopting the unapproved option plan] (Company)—[insert Company number] Minutes of a meeting of the[ remuneration committee of the] board of directors of the Company held at [insert place of meeting] on [insert date of meeting] at [insert time of meeting]. Present [insert name of director to be Chair] (the Chair) [insert names of directors present] In attendance [insert names of those in attendance] Apologies [insert names of directors who are unable to attend meeting] 1 Notice and quorum [insert name of Chair] was appointed Chair of the meeting. It was reported that proper notice of the meeting had been given in accordance with the Company's articles of association (Articles) and that a quorum was present. Accordingly, the Chair declared the meeting open. 2 Purpose of meeting The Chair reported that the purpose of the meeting was to consider and, if thought fit, approve: 2.1 the adoption...
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What is the process for forfeiture of shares and in what circumstances does it apply? Can it apply to fully paid shares? The process for forfeiture will typically be set out in the company's articles of association, since the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) makes no provision for such a process and there is no common law basis for forfeiture. See eg the Model Articles for a public company (PLC Model Articles), regulations 52–62. Note that the modern Model Articles for a private company limited by shares contain no such provisions, as they do not make provision for shares to be nil-paid or partly paid (reg 21). It is, however, open to private companies to include the relevant provisions in their articles, either by replicating the relevant regulations as bespoke articles or by adopting the PLC Model Articles as a whole (with any necessary variation). However the articles of a private company limited by shares contained in 1985 Table A do provide for calls...
Is it possible for the articles of association of a company to give a person, other than one of its members, the right to vote on a members' resolution? It is not possible for the articles of association of a company to validly give a person who is not either one of its members or acting on behalf of one of its members (ie as their proxy or corporate representative as permitted by the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006)) the right to vote on a members' resolution. The members of a company are the subscribers to its memorandum of association and every other person who agrees to become a member of the company, and whose name is entered in its register of members. CA 2006, Pt 13 prescribes the types of members' resolutions that may be passed by a company and the way in which such members' resolutions may be passed. Those provisions override any contrary provisions in a company's articles, unless otherwise expressly stated in...
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Restructuring & Insolvency analysis: This judgment confirms that, if a company in members’ voluntary liquidation (MVL) is unable to pay its debts in full together with interest at the official rate within the period stated in the directors’ declaration made under section 89 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986), then the company must be placed into creditors’ voluntary liquidation (CVL). There is no solvency test to justify varying this period. The company is already in liquidation and the liquidator has no discretion with regard to having to act under IA 1986, s 95 to convert the MVL to a CVL. Written by Andrew Mace, barrister at Tanfield Chambers.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its final Guidelines on the treatment of Acquisition, Development and Construction (ADC) exposures to residential property under the Capital Requirements Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 575/2013) (CRR). The Guidelines specify the conditions under which institutions may apply a 100% risk weight, instead of 150%, to ADC exposures that meet defined credit risk mitigation requirements. These include a requirement that at least 50% of total contracts are pre-sale, pre-lease, or sale and lease contracts with specified deposit thresholds, and that the obligor has substantial equity at risk—set at 25% of the property’s value upon completion, reduced from 35% following consultation feedback and QIS data. The Guidelines also introduce more flexibility for public housing projects, allowing the first condition to be met based on demand exceeding supply and reducing the equity requirement to 20%, with a broader scope of eligible equity. These Guidelines form part of the first phase of the EBA’s roadmap on credit risk implementation of the EU Banking Package.
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