# Companies Act 1948, Paragraph 4


Where shares are offered to the public for subscription, particulars as to—
(a) the minimum amount which, in the opinion of the directors, must be raised by the issue of those shares in order to provide the sums, or, if any part thereof is to be defrayed in any other manner, the balance of the sums, required to be provided in respect of each of the following matters :—
(i) the purchase price of any property purchased or to be purchased which is to be defrayed in whole or in part out of the proceeds of the issue ;
(ii) any preliminary expenses payable by the company, and any commission so payable to any person in. consideration of his agreeing to subscribe for, or of his procuring or agreeing to procure subscriptions for, any shares in the company ;
(iii) the repayment of any moneys borrowed by the company in respect of any of the foregoing matters;
(iv) working capital; and
(b) the amounts to be provided in respect of the matters aforesaid otherwise than out of the proceeds of the issue and the sources out of which those amounts are to be provided.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/11-12/38/schedule/FOURTH/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-1948/schedule-FOURTH/paragraph-4
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