PART VISHARE CAPITAL, ITS INCREASE, MAINTENANCE AND REDUCTION

CHAPTER VIIREDEEMABLE SHARES; PURCHASE BY A COMPANY OF ITS OWN SHARES

Redemption or purchase of own shares out of capital (private companies only)

Availability of profits for the purposes of Article 181182. F1

(1)

The reference in Article 181(3)(a) to available profits of the company is to the company's profits which are available for distribution (within the meaning of F2Part 23 of the Companies Act 2006); but the question whether a company has any profits so available and the amount of any such profits are to be determined for the purposes of that Article in accordance with the following paragraphs, instead of F3Chapter 2 of that Part.

(2)

Subject to paragraph (3), that question is to be determined by reference toF4 the following items as stated in the relevant accounts for determining the permissible capital payments for shares

(a)

profits, losses, assets and liabilities;

(b)

F4the following provisions—

F4(i)

F4in the case of Companies Order individual accounts, provisions of any of the kinds mentioned in paragraphs 87 and 88 of Schedule 4 (depreciation, diminution in value of assets, retentions to meet liabilities, etc.)F4, and

F4(ii)

F4in the case of IAS individual accounts, provisions of any kind; and

(c)

share capital and reserves (including undistributable reserves),

F4. . .

(3)

The relevant accounts for this purpose are such accounts, prepared as at any date within the period for determining the amount of the permissible capital payment, as are necessary to enable a reasonable judgement to be made as to the amounts of any of the items mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) to (c).

(4)

For the purposes of determining the amount of the permissible capital payment for shares, the amount of the company's available profits (if any) determined in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) is treated as reduced by the amount of any distributions lawfully made by the company after the date of the relevant accounts and before the end of the period for determining the amount of that payment.

(5)

The reference in paragraph (4) to distributions lawfully made by the company includes—

(a)

financial assistance lawfully given out of distributable profits in a case falling within Article 164 or 165,

(b)

any payment lawfully made by the company in respect of the purchase by it of any shares in the company (except a payment lawfully made otherwise than out of distributable profits), and

(c)

a payment of any description specified in Article 178(1) lawfully made by the company.

(6)

References in this Article to the period for determining the amount of the permissible capital payment for shares are to the period of 3 months ending with the date on which the statutory declaration of the directors purporting to specify the amount of that payment is made in accordance with Article 183(3).