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Companies Act 2006, Cross Heading: Information as to exercise of voting rights by institutional investors is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 24 December 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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(1)The Treasury or the Secretary of State may make provision by regulations requiring institutions to which this section applies to provide information about the exercise of voting rights attached to shares to which this section applies.
(2)This power is exercisable in accordance with—
section 1278 (institutions to which information provisions apply),
section 1279 (shares to which information provisions apply), and
section 1280 (obligations with respect to provision of information).
(3)In this section and the sections mentioned above—
(a)references to a person acting on behalf of an institution include—
(i)any person to whom authority has been delegated by the institution to take decisions as to any matter relevant to the subject matter of the regulations, and
(ii)such other persons as may be specified; and
(b)“specified” means specified in the regulations.
(4)The obligation imposed by regulations under this section is enforceable by civil proceedings brought by—
(a)any person to whom the information should have been provided, or
(b)a specified regulatory authority.
(5)Regulations under this section may make different provision for different descriptions of institution, different descriptions of shares and for other different circumstances.
(6)Regulations under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.
Commencement Information
I1S. 1277 wholly in force at 1.10.2008; s. 1277 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1277 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 1277 in force at 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2007/3495, art. 5(1)(g) (with savings in arts. 7, 12)
(1)The institutions to which section 1277 applies are—
(a)unit trust schemes within the meaning of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) in respect of which an order is in force under section 243 of that Act;
(b)open-ended investment companies incorporated by virtue of regulations under section 262 of that Act;
(c)companies approved for the purposes of [F1Chapter 4 of Part 24 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010](investment trusts);
(d)pension schemes as defined in section 1(5) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48) or the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49);
(e)undertakings authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to carry on long-term insurance business (that is, the activity of effecting or carrying out contracts of long-term insurance within the meaning of the Financial Services and Markets (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/544);
(f)collective investment schemes that are recognised by virtue of section 270 of that Act (schemes authorised in designated countries or territories).
(2)Regulations under that section may—
(a)provide that the section applies to other descriptions of institution;
(b)provide that the section does not apply to a specified description of institution.
(3)The regulations must specify by whom, in the case of any description of institution, the duty imposed by the regulations is to be fulfilled.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 1278(1)(c) substituted (1.4.2010 with effect in accordance with s. 1184 of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), ss. 1177, 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 490 (with Sch. 2)
Commencement Information
I2S. 1278 wholly in force at 1.10.2008; s. 1278 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1278 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 1278 in force at 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2007/3495, art. 5(1)(g) (with savings in arts. 7, 12)
(1)The shares to which section 1277 applies are shares—
(a)of a description traded on a specified market, and
(b)in which the institution has, or is taken to have, an interest.
Regulations under that section may provide that the section does not apply to shares of a specified description.
(2)For this purpose an institution has an interest in shares if the shares, or a depositary certificate in respect of them, are held by it, or on its behalf.
A “depositary certificate” means an instrument conferring rights (other than options)—
(a)in respect of shares held by another person, and
(b)the transfer of which may be effected without the consent of that person.
(3)Where an institution has an interest—
(a)in a specified description of collective investment scheme (within the meaning of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8)), or
(b)in any other specified description of scheme or collective investment vehicle,
it is taken to have an interest in any shares in which that scheme or vehicle has or is taken to have an interest.
(4)For this purpose a scheme or vehicle is taken to have an interest in shares if it would be regarded as having such an interest in accordance with subsection (2) if it was an institution to which section 1277 applied.
Commencement Information
I3S. 1279 wholly in force at 1.10.2008; s. 1279 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1279 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 1279 in force at 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2007/3495, art. 5(1)(g) (with savings in arts. 7, 12)
(1)Regulations under section 1277 may require the provision of specified information about—
(a)the exercise or non-exercise of voting rights by the institution or any person acting on its behalf,
(b)any instructions given by the institution or any person acting on its behalf as to the exercise or non-exercise of voting rights, and
(c)any delegation by the institution or any person acting on its behalf of any functions in relation to the exercise or non-exercise of voting rights or the giving of such instructions.
(2)The regulations may require information to be provided in respect of specified occasions or specified periods.
(3)Where instructions are given to act on the recommendations or advice of another person, the regulations may require the provision of information about what recommendations or advice were given.
(4)The regulations may require information to be provided—
(a)in such manner as may be specified, and
(b)to such persons as may be specified, or to the public, or both.
(5)The regulations may provide—
(a)that an institution may discharge its obligations under the regulations by referring to information disclosed by a person acting on its behalf, and
(b)that in such a case it is sufficient, where that other person acts on behalf of more than one institution, that the reference is to information given in aggregated form, that is—
(i)relating to the exercise or non-exercise by that person of voting rights on behalf of more than one institution, or
(ii)relating to the instructions given by that person in respect of the exercise or non-exercise of voting rights on behalf of more than one institution, or
(iii)relating to the delegation by that person of functions in relation to the exercise or non-exercise of voting rights, or the giving of instructions in respect of the exercise or non-exercise of voting rights, on behalf of more than one institution.
(6)References in this section to instructions are to instructions of any description, whether general or specific, whether binding or not and whether or not acted upon.
Commencement Information
I4S. 1280 wholly in force at 1.10.2008; s. 1280 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1280 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 1280 in force at 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2007/3495, art. 5(1)(g) (with savings in arts. 7, 12)
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