Part 21

Certification and transfer of securities
Chapter 1

Certification and transfer of securities: general

Issue of certificates etc on allotment

Duty of company as to issue of certificates etc on allotment
769
1
A company must, within two months after the allotment of any of its shares, debentures or debenture stock, complete and have ready for delivery—
a
the certificates of the shares allotted,
b
the debentures allotted, or
c
the certificates of the debenture stock allotted.
2
Subsection (1) does not apply—
a
if the conditions of issue of the shares, debentures or debenture stock provide otherwise,
b
in the case of allotment to a financial institution (see section 778), or
c
in the case of an allotment of shares if, following the allotment, the company has issued a share warrant in respect of the shares (see section 779).
3
If default is made in complying with subsection (1) an offence is committed by every officer of the company who is in default.
4
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) 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.
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)
S. 769 applied (with modifications) (22.2.2008) by The Northern Rock plc Transfer Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/432), art. 3(8)
S. 769 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 24
Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2
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))