3. A public company may apply to the court under [F1section 896 or 899 of the Companies Act 2006] [F2in respect of] a scheme falling within sub-paragraph (b) or (c) of paragraph 4(1) where—U.K.
(a)the scheme in question involves a compromise or arrangement with its members or creditors or any class of its members or creditors; and
(b)the consideration for the transfer or each of the transfers envisaged by the scheme is to be—
(i)shares in the transferee company receivable by members of the transferor company; or
(ii)where there is more than one transferor company and any one or more of them is an open-ended investment company, shares in the transferee company receivable by shareholders or members of the transferor companies (as the case may be),
in each case with or without any cash payment to shareholders.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 6 para. 3 substituted (6.4.2008) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 223(3)(a)(i) (with arts. 6, 11, 12)
F2Words in Sch. 6 para. 3 substituted (6.4.2008) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 223(3)(a)(ii) (with arts. 6, 11, 12)