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(1)This section has effect as to the manner in which offers required by section 561 are to be made to holders of a company’s shares.
(2)The offer may be made in hard copy or electronic form.
(3)If the holder—
(a)has no registered address in an EEA State and has not given to the company an address in an EEA State for the service of notices on him, or
(b)is the holder of a share warrant,
the offer may be made by causing it, or a notice specifying where a copy of it can be obtained or inspected, to be published in the Gazette.
(4)The offer must state a period during which it may be accepted and the offer shall not be withdrawn before the end of that period.
(5)The period must be a period of at least 21 days beginning—
(a)in the case of an offer made in hard copy form, with the date on which the offer is sent or supplied;
(b)in the case of an offer made in electronic form, with the date on which the offer is sent;
(c)in the case of an offer made by publication in the Gazette, with the date of publication.
(6)The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument—
(a)reduce the period specified in subsection (5) (but not to less than 14 days), or
(b)increase that period.
(7)A statutory instrument containing regulations made under subsection (6) is subject to affirmative resolution procedure.
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