Article 172C Treasury shares: voting and other rights

Northern Ireland

(1)

This Article applies to shares which are held by a company as treasury shares ( “the treasury shares”).

(2)

The company must not exercise any right in respect of the treasury shares and any purported exercise of such a right is void.

(3)

The rights to which paragraph (2) applies include any right to attend or vote at meetings (including F1meetings summoned under section 896 of the Companies Act 2006).

(4)

No dividend may be paid, and no other distribution (whether in cash or otherwise) of the company's assets (including any distribution of assets to members on a winding up) may be made, to the company in respect of the treasury shares.

(5)

Nothing in this Article is to be taken as preventing—

(a)

an allotment of shares as fully paid bonus shares in respect of the treasury shares, or

(b)

the payment of any amount payable on the redemption of the treasury shares (if they are redeemable shares).

(6)

Any shares allotted as fully paid bonus shares in respect of the treasury shares shall be treated for the purposes of this Order as if they were purchased by the company at the time they were allotted, in circumstances in which Article 172A(1) applied.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in art. 172C(3) substituted (6.4.2008) by Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), arts. 2(2), 3(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 130 (with arts. 6, 11, 12)

Notes on the whole Order

Textual amendments

F1: Order revoked (1.1.2007 for the revocation of arts. 39(4), 52, 656A(1), 658, 660, 20.1.2007 for the revocation of arts. 206-228, 246(4A)-(4E), 247(2A)(2B), 259(2A)-(2E), 261(2A), 270 and 270A (for specified purposes), 374A(3A)(6), 377(5)-(11), 380(2A)(2B)(6A), 387A(2B)-(2F)(6), 6.4.2007 for the revocation of arts. 51, 301, 302, 319, 331-337, 351, 352, 432(2)(8) (for specified purposes), 432(3)(7), 446(2)(b), 669, 677, Sch. 13 Pts. 2-4, Sch. 22, 6.4.2007 for the revocation of arts. 2 (for specified purposes), 421-423F, Sch. 7 paras. 2, 2A, 2B, 1.10.2007 for the revocation of arts. 9, 135(6), 242(1) (for specified purposes), 242ZZB, 249 (for specified purposes), 254(4)(a) (for specified purposes), 254A(2A), 260, 261, 290, 293, 300, 311, 312, 317, 318 (for specified purposes), 320-324, 326-330, 330B, 338-355, 364, 365 (for specified purposes), 374-387, 387A91)(b)-(e), 388(1)(4)(a)(c)-(m), 389-391, 392 and 393 (for specified purposes), 393A, 394, 395-396A (for specified purposes), 401, 451-454, Sch. 13 Pt. 1, Sch. 15A, Sch. 23 (for specified purposes), 6.4.2008 for the revocation of art. 2 (for specified purposes), 10A-10C, 46A(2)(4)-(6), 46A93) (for specified purposes), 68, 91, 127, 128, 192(1)(b), 193-205, 229-242ZZA, 242ZA-259, 262-289, 291, 292, 294, 318, 360(6)(7), 388(4)(b), 392, 393, 395-396A, 397A-400A, 401A, 401B, 418-420A, 680-680B, Schs. 4-11, 15B, 23 (for specified purposes), 1.10.2008 for the revocation of arts. 161-163 and 165-168 (for specified purposes), 313, 325, 356, 357, 359, 675, Sch. 23 (for specified purposes) and 1.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), ss. 1284(2), 1300(2), Sch. 16; S.I. 2006/3428, art. 2(2)(h), 3(2)(e), 4(2), 7(a)(b)(c), Sch. 1 Pt. 2, Sch. 3 Pt. 2, Sch. 4 Pt. 2 (with arts. 6, 8(2), Sch. 1 paras. 7, 8, 15, Sch. 5 Pt. 2 (which transitional provisions in Sch. 1 are revoked (1.10.2009) by S.I. 2008/2860, arts. 1(2), 6(1)(a) (with arts. 5, 8, Sch. 2)); S.I. 2007/1093, art. 5, Sch. 2 Pt. 2 (with arts. 4, 11(1), Sch. 6 paras. 1, 5); S.I. 2007/2194, arts. 2(4), 8, Sch. 2 Pt. 2 (with arts. 7, 12(2), Sch. 3) (as amended: (30.9.2007) by S.I. 2007/2607, arts. 1, 4(2)(3); (31.12.2007) by S.I. 2007/3495, arts. 2(6)(a), 11, Sch. 5 para. 2(6); and (14.1.2008) by S.I. 2007/3495, arts. 2(6)(b), 11, Sch. 5 para. 2(2)(7) (as itself amended (6.4.2008) by S.I. 2008/674, arts. 2(3), 5, Sch. 3 para. 7)); S.I. 2007/3495, art. 5(2), 8(a)(b), Sch. 2 Pt. 2, Sch. 3 Pt. 2 (with arts. 7, 9, 12, Sch. 4) (as amended (6.4.2008) by S.I. 2008/674, arts. 2(3), 5, Sch. 3 para. 6); S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(z), 4, Sch. 2 Pt. 2 (with arts. 7, 8, 63(5), Sch. 2 paras. 1, 114 (which transitional provisions in Sch. 2 are amended (1.10.2009) by S.I. 2009/2476, arts. 1(3), 2(3)(4) and by S.I. 2009/1802, arts. 1, 18, Sch.)) (as amended (1.10.2009) by S.I. 2009/1941, arts. 1(2), 13); and with further savings and transitional provisions (1.10.2009) in S.I. 2009/1801, reg. 1(2), Sch. 8 and S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 2(3), Schs. 1, 2