Share capital: overview

Resource type: Practice note: overview

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Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

An overview of the key provisions in the Companies Act 2006 regulating a company's share capital. This includes the provisions concerning maintenance of capital, alteration of share capital (for example, by reduction, allotment, redenomination or a share buyback), transfer of shares and information relation to shareholders.

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Resource ID: 4-422-3165
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Share buybacks: overview Share buybacks: overview (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic3-422-4962)
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Practice notes

Allotment and issue of shares Allotment and issue of shares (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic5-422-4150)
Consolidation and sub-division of share capital Consolidation and sub-division of share capital (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic9-107-4905)
Conversion of shares Conversion of shares (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic3-522-2424)
Distributions Distributions (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic0-381-1737)
Dividends Dividends (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic3-107-4376)
Financial assistance Financial assistance (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic8-382-5504)
Investigating interests in a public company's shares: Part 22, Companies Act 2006 Investigating interests in a public company's shares: Part 22, Companies Act 2006 (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic7-385-2201)
Notification of major shareholdings under the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules (DTR 5) Notification of major shareholdings under the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules (DTR 5) (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic5-384-7258)
Pre-emption rights Pre-emption rights (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic2-386-8902)
Redeemable shares Redeemable shares (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic0-502-0286)
Redenomination of share capital: comparison between Companies Acts 2006 and 1985 Redenomination of share capital: comparison between Companies Acts 2006 and 1985 (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic8-203-0440)
Register of members: 1 October 2009 Register of members: 1 October 2009 (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic7-422-4823)
Share capital: comparison between Companies Acts 2006 and 1985 Share capital: comparison between Companies Acts 2006 and 1985 (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic1-203-0882)
Statement of capital Statement of capital (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic7-386-8848)
Stock transfer form Stock transfer form (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic3-505-8980)

Standard document

Stock transfer form Stock transfer form (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic8-505-9034)

Checklists

Allotment of shares and disapplication of pre-emption rights: checklist Allotment of shares and disapplication of pre-emption rights: checklist (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic7-422-4154)
Redenomination of share capital: checklist Redenomination of share capital: checklist (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic7-422-1674)
Shareholder rights: rights and responsibilities of holding certain percentages of a company's share capital Shareholder rights: rights and responsibilities of holding certain percentages of a company's share capital (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic9-381-2964)

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