Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2
(1)A company that passes a resolution under section 626 (reduction of capital in connection with redenomination) must within 15 days after the resolution is passed give notice to the registrar stating—
(a)the date of the resolution, and
(b)the date of the resolution under section 622 in connection with which it was passed.
This is in addition to the copies of the resolutions themselves that are required to be delivered to the registrar under Chapter 3 of Part 3.
(2)The notice must be accompanied by a statement of capital.
(3)The statement of capital must state with respect to the company's share capital as reduced by the resolution—
(a)the total number of shares of the company,
(b)the aggregate nominal value of those shares,
(c)for each class of shares—
(i)prescribed particulars of the rights attached to the shares,
(ii)the total number of shares of that class, and
(iii)the aggregate nominal value of shares of that class, and
(d)the amount paid up and the amount (if any) unpaid on each share (whether on account of the nominal value of the share or by way of premium).
(4)The registrar must register the notice and the statement on receipt.
(5)The reduction of capital is not effective until those documents are registered.
(6)The company must also deliver to the registrar, within 15 days after the resolution is passed, a statement by the directors confirming that the reduction in share capital is in accordance with section 626(4) (reduction of capital not to exceed 10% of nominal value of allotted shares immediately after reduction).
(7)If default is made in complying with this section, an offence is committed by—
(a)the company, and
(b)every officer of the company who is in default.
(8)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment to a fine, and
(b)on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.
Commencement Information
I1S. 627 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 627 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 627 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. 627 otherwise in force at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(k) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)