Companies Act 2006 Explanatory Notes

Section 792: Shares to which this Part applies

1112.This section re-enacts in part the definition in section 198(2) of the 1985 Act of the type of shares concerning which a section 793 notice may be issued, namely shares carrying rights to vote in all circumstances at general meetings. However, shares held by a company “in treasury” following a purchase of its own shares (as an alternative to cancelling such shares on purchase) are now included in the definition.

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