Section 616 Interpretation of this Chapter
United Kingdom
In this Chapter—
“arrangement” means any agreement, scheme or arrangement (including an arrangement sanctioned in accordance with—
- (a)
Part 26 F1or 26A (arrangements and reconstructions), or
- (b)
section 110 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45) or Article 96 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19)) (liquidator in winding up accepting shares as consideration for sale of company property));
- (a)
“company”, except in reference to the issuing company, includes any body corporate;
“equity shares” means shares comprised in a company's equity share capital, and “non-equity shares” means shares (of any class) that are not so comprised;
“the issuing company” has the meaning given by section 610(6).
References in this Chapter (however expressed) to—
the acquisition by a company of shares in another company, and
the issue or allotment of shares to, or the transfer of shares to or by, a company,
include (respectively) the acquisition of shares by, and the issue or allotment or transfer of shares to or by, a nominee of that company.
The reference in section 611 to the transferor company shall be read accordingly.
References in this Chapter to the transfer of shares in a company include the transfer of a right to be included in the company's register of members F2... in respect of those shares.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 616(1) inserted (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 9 para. 33(5) (with ss. 2(2), 5(2))
- F2
Words in s. 616(3) omitted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 26.1.2026 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 1 para. 12; S.I. 2026/57, reg. 2
Notes on Part 17
Modifications
- C1
Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))
- C2
Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2