C4C1C3Part 21Certification and transfer of securities

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))

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Pt. 21 applied (with modifications) (8.00 a.m. on 29.9.2008) by The Bradford & Bingley plc Transfer of Securities and Property etc. Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2546), art. 4(7)

Chapter 1Certification and transfer of securities: general

Transfer of securities

C2770Registration of transfer

1

A company may not register a transfer of shares in or debentures of the company unless—

a

a proper instrument of transfer has been delivered to it, or

b

the transfer—

i

is an exempt transfer within the Stock Transfer Act 1982 (c. 41), or

ii

is in accordance with regulations under Chapter 2 of this Part.

2

Subsection (1) does not affect any power of the company to register as shareholder or debenture holder a person to whom the right to any shares in or debentures of the company has been transmitted by operation of law.

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If an election under Chapter 2A of Part 8 is in force in respect of the company, references in this section to registering a transfer (or a person) are to be read as references to delivering particulars of that transfer (or person) to the registrar under that Chapter.