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(1)Where a series of debentures containing, or giving by reference to another instrument, any charge to the benefit of which debenture holders of that series are entitled pari passu is created by a company, it is for the purposes of section 860(1) sufficient if the required particulars, together with the deed containing the charge (or, if there is no such deed, one of the debentures of the series), are delivered to the registrar before the end of the period allowed for registration.
(2)The following are the required particulars—
(a)the total amount secured by the whole series, and
(b)the dates of the resolutions authorising the issue of the series and the date of the covering deed (if any) by which the series is created or defined, and
(c)a general description of the property charged, and
(d)the names of the trustees (if any) for the debenture holders.
(3)Particulars of the date and amount of each issue of debentures of a series of the kind mentioned in subsection (1) must be sent to the registrar for entry in the register of charges.
(4)Failure to comply with subsection (3) does not affect the validity of the debentures issued.
(5)Subsections (2) to (6) of section 860 apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section, but as if references to the registration of a charge were references to the registration of a series of debentures.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 863-865 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 33 (with Sch. 1 paras. 18, 34, 35)
(1)Where any commission, allowance or discount has been paid or made either directly or indirectly by a company to a person in consideration of his—
(a)subscribing or agreeing to subscribe, whether absolutely or conditionally, for debentures in a company, or
(b)procuring or agreeing to procure subscriptions, whether absolute or conditional, for such debentures,
the particulars required to be sent for registration under section 860 shall include particulars as to the amount or rate per cent. of the commission, discount or allowance so paid or made.
(2)The deposit of debentures as security for a debt of the company is not, for the purposes of this section, treated as the issue of debentures at a discount.
(3)Failure to comply with this section does not affect the validity of the debentures issued.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2Ss. 863-865 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 33 (with Sch. 1 paras. 18, 34, 35)
(1)The company shall cause a copy of every certificate of registration given under section 869 to be endorsed on every debenture or certificate of debenture stock which is issued by the company, and the payment of which is secured by the charge so registered.
(2)But this does not require a company to cause a certificate of registration of any charge so given to be endorsed on any debenture or certificate of debenture stock issued by the company before the charge was created.
(3)If a person knowingly and wilfully authorises or permits the delivery of a debenture or certificate of debenture stock which under this section is required to have endorsed on it a copy of a certificate of registration, without the copy being so endorsed upon it, he commits an offence.
(4)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3Ss. 863-865 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 33 (with Sch. 1 paras. 18, 34, 35)
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