Companies Act 2006

967 Further provision about opting-in and opting-out resolutions U.K.

(1) An opting-in resolution or an opting-out resolution must specify the date from which it is to have effect (the “effective date”).

(2) The effective date of an opting-in resolution may not be earlier than the date on which the resolution is passed.

(3) The [F1 second, third, fourth and fifth] conditions in section 966 must be met at the time when an opting-in resolution is passed, but the first one does not need to be met until the effective date.

(4) An opting-in resolution passed before the time when voting shares of the company are admitted to trading on a [F2 UK] regulated market complies with the requirement in subsection (1) if, instead of specifying a particular date, it provides for the resolution to have effect from that time.

(5) An opting-in resolution passed before the commencement of this section complies with the requirement in subsection (1) if, instead of specifying a particular date, it provides for the resolution to have effect from that commencement.

(6) The effective date of an opting-out resolution may not be earlier than the first anniversary of the date on which a copy of the opting-in resolution was forwarded to the registrar.

(7) Where a company has passed an opting-in resolution, any alteration of its articles of association that would prevent the [F3 second, third or fourth condition] in section 966 from being met is of no effect until the effective date of an opting-out resolution passed by the company.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 967(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Takeovers (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/217), regs. 1, 8(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Word in s. 967(4) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Takeovers (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/217), regs. 1, 8(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in s. 967(7) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Takeovers (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/217), regs. 1, 8(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Ss. 966-973 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2436), regs. 3-5, Sch. 1 para. 14(1) (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 7, 9, Sch. 2)