LPC Law Notes Public Limited Companies Notes
A collection of the best LPC Public Limited Companies notes the director of Oxbridge Notes (an Oxford law graduate) could find after combing through dozens of LPC samples from outstanding students with the highest results in England and carefully evaluating each on accuracy, formatting, logical structure, spelling/grammar, conciseness and "wow-factor".
In short these are what we believe to be the strongest set of PLC notes available in the UK this year. This collection of notes is fully updated ...
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s73(a) FCA has power to make various rules
s74 FCA must maintain official list
s75(1) Admission to list only granted on application made to FCA
s75(4) FCA may not grant application unless it is satisfied that listing rules are met
s75(3) No application to be made in respect of shares of a prescribed kind
Regulation 3 Prescribed Kind means from a private company
Companies Act 2006
s755 Only PLC can offer securities to public
s4 Companies can start as a plc
ss90-96 Private companies must reregister as PLC
s551 Directors must have the authority to allot shares
s561 Pre-emption rules must be disapplied
s271 Company must have a company secretary
Securities must be validly allotted
s2(5a) CA 1985 Ltd only authorised to issue certain amount of share capital
s28 CA 2006 Has the effect of bringing old articles in line with the 2006 Act
SR needed if not to amend articles
MA Directors donβt have automatic authority to allot shares
s550 CA 2006 Ltd with only 1 class of shares before / after allotment
(a) Directors may allot shares
(b) Directors may grant rights to subscribe / convert to shares
Unless the articles prevent this
s551 CA 2006 Any other type of company
(a) Directors may allot shares
(b) Directors may grant rights to subscribe / convert to shares
If authorised to do so by the company's articles or by resolution
s551(2) This power may be granted generally or for a specific occasion by OR
s551(8) It does not matter that this OR will change the articles
s551(3) State max amount of shares that may be allotted in this instance and the date the instance will expire (5 years max)
s551(4) Authorisation can be renewed by OR for another 5 years
Disapply statutory pre-emption rights
s560 Equity securities means ordinary shares (not usually preference shares)
This incorporates the pathway to a Main Market listing (therefore companies must comply with all the LSE rules too)
Admission and Disclosure Standards
ADS 1 Must be on the Official List (FCA) to apply
ADS 2 The application process must be complied with
A Special Resolution is needed to change articles if it is necessary to do so
(1) A written and legally binding agreement intended to ensure controlling shareholder complies with 6.1.4DR
LR 6.1.4DR Independence...
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A collection of the best LPC Public Limited Companies notes the director of Oxbridge Notes (an Oxford law graduate) could find after combing through dozens of LPC samples from outstanding students with the highest results in England and carefully evaluating each on accuracy, formatting, logical structure, spelling/grammar, conciseness and "wow-factor".
In short these are what we believe to be the strongest set of PLC notes available in the UK this year. This collection of notes is fully updated ...
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