SCHEDULE 2 Successor companies
Exercise of functions through nominees
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(1)
The Treasury or, with the consent of the Treasury, the Secretary of State may, for the purposes of paragraph 1 or 2 above, appoint any person to act as the nominee, or one of the nominees, of the Treasury or the Secretary of State; and—
(a)
securities of a company may be issued under paragraph 1 above to any nominee of the Treasury or of the Secretary of State appointed for the purposes of that paragraph or to any person entitled to require the issue of the securities following their initial allotment to any such nominee, and
(b)
any such nominee appointed for the purposes of paragraph 2 above may acquire securities or rights under that paragraph,
in accordance with directions given from time to time by the Treasury or, with the consent of the Treasury, by the Secretary of State.
(2)
Any person holding any securities or rights as a nominee of the Treasury or the Secretary of State by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above shall hold and deal with them (or any of them) on such terms and in such manner as the Treasury or, with the consent of the Treasury, the Secretary of State may direct.