PART 3AMENDMENTS TO PART 27 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2006

Inspection of documents (merger)I110

1

Section 911 (inspection of documents (merger)) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (3), omit “and” at the end of paragraph (d) and after paragraph (e) add—

; and

f

if no statement is required by section 910 because the company has made public a recent half-yearly financial report (see subsection (1A) of that section), that report. 

3

After subsection (3) insert—

3A

The requirement in subsection (1)(a) is subject to section 911A(1) (publication of documents on company website).

4

At the end of subsection (4) add “and section 918A (agreement to dispense with reports etc)”.

5

At the end add—

5

Section 1145 (right to hard copy) does not apply to a document sent or supplied in accordance with subsection (1)(b) to a member who has consented to information being sent or supplied by the company by electronic means and has not revoked that consent.

6

Part 4 of Schedule 5 (communications by means of a website) does not apply for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) (but see section 911A(5)).

7

The requirements in this section are subject to section 915A (other circumstances in which reports and inspection not required).