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Section 918A Agreement to dispense with reports etc (merger)F1F7

United Kingdom

(1)

If all members holding shares in, and all persons holding other securities of, F2the merging companies, being shares or securities that carry a right to vote in general meetings of the company in question, so agree, F3the following requirements do not apply.

(F41A)

The requirements that may be dispensed with under this section are—

(a)

the requirements of—

(i)

i)section 908 (directors' explanatory report),

(ii)

section 909 (expert's report),

(iii)

section 910 (supplementary accounting statement), and

(iv)

section 911B (report on material changes of assets of merging company); and

(b)

the requirements of section 911 (inspection of documents) so far as relating to any document required to be drawn up under sections 908, 909 or 910.

(2)

For the purposes of this section—

(a)

the members, or holders of other securities, of a company, and

(b)

whether shares or other securities carry a right to vote in general meetings of the company,

are determined as at the date of F5the relevant application.

F6(3)

In subsection (2) “the relevant application” means—

(a)

in the case of a compromise or arrangement to be sanctioned under Part 26, the application to the court under section 896;

(b)

in the case of a compromise or arrangement to be sanctioned under Part 26A, the application to the court under section 901C(1).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 918A inserted (6.4.2008) by The Companies (Mergers and Divisions of Public Companies) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/690), reg. 2(2)

F2

Words in s. 918A(1) substituted (1.8.2011 with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)) by The Companies (Reporting Requirements in Mergers and Divisions) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1606), reg. 18(2)

F3

Words in s. 918A(1) substituted (1.8.2011 with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)) by The Companies (Reporting Requirements in Mergers and Divisions) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1606), reg. 18(2)

F4

S. 918A(1A) inserted (1.8.2011 with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)) by The Companies (Reporting Requirements in Mergers and Divisions) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1606), reg. 18(3)

F5

Words in s. 918A(2) substituted (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 9 para. 36(9)(a) (with ss. 2(2), 5(2))

F6

S. 918A(3) inserted (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 9 para. 36(9)(b) (with ss. 2(2), 5(2))

F7

S. 918A: words in heading substituted (1.8.2011 with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)) by The Companies (Reporting Requirements in Mergers and Divisions) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1606), reg. 18(4)

Notes on Part 27

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

C3

Pt. 27 applied (6.4.2008) by S.I. 2001/1228, Sch. 6 paras. 5, 6 (as amended by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 223(4) (with arts. 6, 11, 12))

C4

Pt. 27 applied (6.4.2008) by 2000 c. 8, s. 105(5) (as substituted by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 211(1) (with arts. 6, 11, 12))

Notes on Chapter 2

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))