# Companies Act 2006, Section 575: Saving for other restrictions on offer or allotment


(1) The provisions of this Chapter are without prejudice to any other enactment by virtue of which a company is prohibited (whether generally or in specified circumstances) from offering or allotting equity securities to any person.
(2) Where a company cannot by virtue of such an enactment offer or allot equity securities to a holder of ordinary shares of the company, those shares are disregarded for the purposes of section 561 (existing shareholders' right of pre-emption), so that—
(a) the person is not treated as a person who holds ordinary shares, and
(b) the shares are not treated as forming part of the ordinary share capital of the company.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/575 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-575
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