# The Companies (Model Articles) Regulations 2008, Paragraph 47: Contents and execution of share certificates

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Every certificate must specify—
(a) in respect of how many shares, of what class, it is issued;
(b) the nominal value of those shares;
(c) the amount paid up on them; and
(d) any distinguishing numbers assigned to them.
(2) Certificates must—
(a) have affixed to them the company’s common seal or an official seal which is a facsimile of the company’s common seal with the addition on its face of the word “Securities” (a “securities seal”), or
(b) be otherwise executed in accordance with the Companies Acts.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3229/schedule/3/paragraph/47 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-model-articles-regulations-2008/schedule-3/paragraph-47
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