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Length:
30 minutes of audio
(+ optional 5 minute online quiz)
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Course Aims:

This podcast aims to update the listener on the changes affecting companies' share and capital arrangements and reporting following the final implementation of the Companies Act 2006 on 1st October 2009. It will continue the discussions begun in Part one by examining in detail the new requirements relating to solvency statements, capital reduction and the protection of creditors and also issues concerning the redenomination of share capital into foreign currency

Outcomes:
After completing the course you will:
  • Know the procedural requirements for a company to allocate new shares for acquisition by itself;
  • Know and be able to compare the procedures by which a company can reduce its capital;
  • Know how to avoid criminal liability by complying fully with the new provisions;
  • Be aware of the issues in redenomination portions of capital into currencies other than Sterling.
Level:
Complex Difficulty: 4 of 5
Classification:
Legislative Updates
Sources and References:
  • Companies Act 2006 s.10, 32, 108, 555, 562, 610, 617, 619, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 643(1), (2), (5), 644, 649, 663, 689, 708, 725, 730, 856,;
  • Company Law Directive (77/91/EC) Art 2;
  • Companies (Shares and Capital) Order 2009 (SI No. 2009/388);
  • Companies (Share Capital and Acquisition by Company of its Own Shares) Regulations 2009 (SI No. 2009/2022).

In this podcast, Martin Moore QC, barrister at specialist company law set Erskine Chambers updates listeners on the new Companies Act 2006 provisions affecting shares and capital arrangements. This podcast continues the discussion begun in Part 1 looking at directors duties in preparing a solvency statement, the protection of creditors and redenomination of share capital into currencies other than Sterling.

Podcast added: 14/12/09

Podcast last reviewed: 2011-04-26

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