Part V Share Capital, its Increase, Maintenance and Reduction
Chapter VII Redeemable Shares; Purchase by a Company of its Own Shares
Redemption and purchase generally
162 Power of company to purchase own shares.
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Subject to the following provisions of this Chapter, a company limited by shares or limited by guarantee and having a share capital may, if authorised to do so by its articles, purchase its own shares (including any redeemable shares).
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Sections 159 and 160 apply to the purchase by a company under this section of its own shares as they apply to the redemption of redeemable shares.
This is subject to subsections (2A) and (2B).
2A
The terms and manner of a purchase under this section need not be determined by the articles as required by section 160(3).
2B
Where a company makes a purchase of qualifying shares out of distributable profits under this section, section 162A applies to the shares purchased; and accordingly section 160(4) does not apply to those shares.
3
A company may not under this section purchase its shares if as a result of the purchase there would no longer be any member of the company holding shares other than redeemable shares F2or shares held as treasury shares .
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For the purposes of this Chapter “qualifying shares” are shares which—
a
are included in the official list in accordance with the provisions of Part 6 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 F4,
b
are traded on the market known as the Alternative Investment Market established under the rules of London Stock Exchange plc,
c
are officially listed in an EEA State, or
d
and in paragraph (a) “the official list” has the meaning given in section 103(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.