C2C3Part 21Certification and transfer of securities

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

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

C1771Procedure on transfer being lodged

1

When a transfer of shares in or debentures of a company has been lodged with the company, the company must either—

a

register the transfer, or

b

give the transferee notice of refusal to register the transfer, together with its reasons for the refusal,

as soon as practicable and in any event within two months after the date on which the transfer is lodged with it.

2

If the company refuses to register the transfer, it must provide the transferee with such further information about the reasons for the refusal as the transferee may reasonably request.

This does not include copies of minutes of meetings of directors.

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

3

If a company fails to comply with this section, an offence is committed by—

a

the company, and

b

every officer of the company who is in default.

4

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 3 on the standard scale.

5

This section does not apply—

a

in relation to a transfer of shares if the company has issued a share warrant in respect of the shares (see section 779);

b

in relation to the transmission of shares or debentures by operation of law.