Section 704 No assignment of company's right to purchase own shares
United Kingdom
The rights of a company under a contract authorised under—
section 693A (authority for off-market purchase for the purposes of or pursuant to an employees' share scheme),
section 694 (authority for off-market purchase), or
section 701 (authority for market purchase)
are not capable of being assigned.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 704(za) inserted (30.4.2013) by The Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 18) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/999), reg. 9
Notes on Part 18
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