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351.—(1) The following provisions of this Article—
(a)apply in the case of a company which is, or is the holding company of,[F1 a banking company], and
(b)are subject to the exceptions provided by Article 352.
(2) Such a company shall maintain a register containing a copy of every transaction, arrangement or agreement of which particulars would, but for[F1 paragraph 2 of Part IV of Schedule 9, be required] to be disclosed in the company's accounts or group accounts for the current financial year and for each of the preceding 10 financial years.
(3) In the case of a transaction, arrangement or agreement which is not in writing, there shall be contained in the register a written memorandum setting out its terms.
(4) Such a company shall before its annual general meeting make available at its registered office for not less than 15 days ending with the date of the meeting a statement containing the particulars of transactions, arrangements and agreements which the company would, but for[F1 paragraph 2 of Part IV of Schedule 9, be required] to disclose in its accounts or group accounts for the last complete financial year preceding that meeting.
(5) The statement shall be so made available for inspection by members of the company; and such a statement shall also be made available for their inspection at the annual general meeting.
(6) It is the duty of the company's auditors to examine the statement before it is made available to members of the company and to make a report to the members on it; and the report shall be annexed to the statement before it is made so available.
(7) The auditors' report shall state whether in their opinion the statement contains the particulars required by paragraph (4); and, where their opinion is that it does not, they shall include in the report, so far as they are reasonably able to do so, a statement giving the required particulars.
(8) If a company fails to comply with any provision of paragraphs (2) to (5), every person who at the time of the failure is a director of it is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine; but—
(a)it is a defence in proceedings against a person for this offence to prove that he took all reasonable steps for securing compliance with the paragraph concerned, and
(b)a person is not guilty of the offence by virtue only of being a shadow director of the company.
(9) For the purposes of the application of this Article to loans and quasi-loans made by a company to persons connected with a person who at any time is a director of the company or of its holding company, a company which a person does not control is not connected with him.
F2Order repealed (prosp.) by Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), ss. 1284(2), 1295, 1300(2), Sch. 16 and the repeal being partly in force, as to which see individual Articles (with savings (with adaptations) by Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6, Saving and Commencement Nos. 3 and 5 (Amendment)) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/674), arts. 2(3), {4}, Sch. 2) and subject to amendments (6.4.2008) by Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), arts. 2(2), 3(1)(b)(2), Sch. 1 paras. 135, 147, 148 {Sch. 2 Note 1} (with arts. 6, 11, 12) and subject to amendments (6.4.2008) by S.R. 2008/133, {regs. 2, 3}
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