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51 Initial Government holding in the successor company.E+W+S
(1)As a consequence of the vesting in the successor company by virtue of section 49 above of property, rights and liabilities of the Corporation, the successor company shall issue such securities of the company as the Secretary of State may from time to time direct—
(a)to the Treasury or the Secretary of State; or
(b)to any person entitled to require the issue of the securities following their initial allotment to the Treasury or the Secretary of State.
(2)The Secretary of State shall not give a direction under subsection (1) above at a time when the successor company has ceased to be wholly owned by the Crown.
(3)Securities required to be issued in pursuance of this section shall be issued or allotted at such time or times and on such terms as the Secretary of State may direct.
(4)Shares issued in pursuance of this section—
(a)shall be of such nominal value as the Secretary of State may direct; and
(b)shall be issued as fully paid and treated for the purposes of [the Companies Act 2006] as if they had been paid up by virtue of the payment to the successor company of their nominal value in cash.
(5)The Secretary of State shall not exercise any power conferred on him by this section, or dispose of any securities issued or of any rights to securities initially allotted to him in pursuance of this section, without the consent of the Treasury.
(6)Any dividends or other sums received by the Treasury or the Secretary of State in right of or on the disposal of any securities or rights acquired by virtue of this section shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
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