6(1)The court must make a cancellation order in respect of a share warrant if, on an application under paragraph 5, it is satisfied that—U.K.
(a)the company has given notice to the bearer of the share warrant as required by paragraphs 2 and 4, or
(b)the bearer had actual notice by other means of the matters mentioned in paragraph 2(1).
(2)If, on such an application, the court is not so satisfied, it must instead make a suspended cancellation order in respect of the share warrant.
(3)A “suspended cancellation order” is an order—
(a)requiring the company to give notice to the bearer of the share warrant containing the information set out in sub-paragraph (4) before the end of the period of 5 working days beginning with the day the order is made,
(b)providing that the bearer of the share warrant has a right of surrender during the period of 2 months beginning with the day the order is made (referred to in this Schedule as “the grace period”), and
(c)if the share warrant is not so surrendered, cancelling it and the shares specified in it with effect from the end of the grace period.
(4)A notice required to be given by a suspended cancellation order must—
(a)inform the bearer of the share warrant of the fact that the bearer has a right of surrender during the grace period,
(b)inform the bearer of the consequences of not having exercised that right before the end of the period of 7 months beginning with the commencement date (see paragraph 3), and
(c)explain that the share warrant will be cancelled with effect from the end of the grace period if it is not surrendered before then.
(5)Where a share warrant is cancelled by an order under this paragraph, the company concerned must, as soon as reasonably practicable—
(a)enter the cancellation date in its register of members, or
(b)where an election is in force under section 128B of the Companies Act 2006 (option to keep membership information on central register) in respect of the company, deliver that information to the registrar as if it were information required to be delivered under section 128E of that Act.
(6)In this Schedule “the cancellation date”, in relation to a share warrant, means the day its cancellation by a cancellation order or suspended cancellation order takes effect.