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(1)Where—
(a)a compromise or arrangement is proposed between a public company and any such persons as are mentioned in section 425(1) for the purposes of, or in connection with, a scheme for the reconstruction of any company or companies or the amalgamation of any two or more companies,
(b)the circumstances are as specified in any of the Cases described in subsection (2), and
(c)the consideration for the transfer or each of the transfers envisaged in the Case in question is to be shares in the transferee company or any of the transferee companies receivable by members of the transferor company or transferor companies, with or without any cash payment to members,
sections 425 to 427 shall, as regards that compromise or arrangement, have effect subject to the provisions of this section and Schedule [F215B].
(2)The Cases referred to in subsection (1) are as follows—
Case 1Where under the scheme the undertaking, property and liabilities of the company in respect of which the compromise or arrangement in question is proposed are to be transferred to another public company, other than one formed for the purpose of, or in connection with, the scheme.
Case 2 Where under the scheme the undertaking, property and liabilities of each of two or more public companies concerned in the scheme, including the company in respect of which the compromise or arrangement in question is proposed, are to be transferred to a company (whether or not a public company) formed for the purpose of, or in connection with, the scheme.
Case 3 Where under the scheme the undertaking, property and liabilities of the company in respect of which the compromise or arrangement in question is proposed are to be divided among and transferred to two or more companies each of which is either-
(a)a public company, or
(b)a company (whether or not a public company) formed for the purposes of, or in connection with, the scheme.
(3)Before sanctioning any compromise or arrangement under section 425(2) the court may, on the application of any pre-existing transferee company or any member or creditor of it or, [F3where the company is in administration] , the administrator, order a meeting of the members of the company or any class of them or of the creditors of the company or any class of them to be summoned in such manner as the court directs.
(4)This section does not apply where the company in respect of which the compromise or arrangement is proposed is being wound up.
(5)This section does not apply to compromises or arrangements in respect of which an application has been made to the court for an order under section 425(1) before 1st January 1988.
(6)Where section 427 would apply in the case of a scheme but for the fact that the transferee company or any of the transferee companies is a company within the meaning of Article 3 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order M11986 (and thus not within the definition of ''company’’ in subsection (6) of section 427), section 427 shall apply notwithstanding that fact.
(7)In the case of a scheme mentioned in subsection (1), for a company within the meaning of Article 3 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, the reference in section 427(5) to the registrar of companies shall have effect as a reference to the registrar as defined in Article 2 of that Order.
(8)In this section and Schedule [F215B]—
“transferor company” means a company whose undertaking, property and liabilities are to be transferred by means of a transfer envisaged in any of the Cases specified in subsection (2);
“transferee company” means a company to which a transfer envisaged in any of those Cases is to be made;
“pre-existing transferee company” means a transferee company other than one formed for the purpose of, or in connection with, the scheme;
“compromise or arrangement” means a compromise or arrangement to which subsection (1) applies;
“the scheme” means the scheme mentioned in subsection (1)(a);
“company” includes only a company as defined in section 735(1) except that, in the case of a transferee company, it also includes a company as defined in Article 3 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (referred to in these definitions as a ''Northern Ireland company’’);
“public company” means, in relation to a transferee company which is a Northern Ireland company, a public company within the meaning of Article 12 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;
“the registrar of companies” means, in relation to a transferee company which is a Northern Ireland company, the registrar as defined in Article 2 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;
“the Gazette” means, in relation to a transferee company which is a Northern Ireland company, the Belfast Gazette;
“Case 1 Scheme”, “Case 2 Scheme” and “Case 3 Scheme” mean a scheme of the kind described in Cases 1, 2 and 3 of subsection (2) respectively;
“property” and “liabilities” have the same meaning as in section 427.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 427A added by S.I. 1987/1991, reg. 2 (a), Sch.
F2Words substituted by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 114(2), 213(2)
F3Words in s. 427A(3) substituted (15.9.2003) by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), ss. 248, 279, Sch. 17 para. 6 (with s. 249(1)-(3)); S.I. 2003/2093, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-8 (as amended by S.I. 2003/2332, S.I. 2003/3340))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 427A applied (with modifications) (6.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/2827, reg. 64, Sch. 7 paras. 5, 6(1)-(3)
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