Part 7U.K.Re-registration as a means of altering a company's status

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pts. 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))

Private company becoming publicU.K.

94Application and accompanying documentsU.K.

(1)An application for re-registration as a public company must contain—

(a)a statement of the company's proposed name on re-registration; and

(b)in the case of a company without a secretary, a statement of the company's proposed secretary (see section 95).

(2)The application must be accompanied by—

(a)a copy of the special resolution that the company should re-register as a public company (unless a copy has already been forwarded to the registrar under Chapter 3 of Part 3);

(b)a copy of the company's articles as proposed to be amended;

(c)a copy of the balance sheet and other documents referred to in section 92(1); F1...

(d)if section 93 applies (recent allotment of shares for non-cash consideration), a copy of the valuation report (if any) under subsection (2)(a) of that section[F2; and

(e)a statement of the aggregate amount paid up on the shares of the company on account of their nominal value.]

(3)The statement of compliance required to be delivered together with the application is a statement that the requirements of this Part as to re-registration as a public company have been complied with.

(4)The registrar may accept the statement of compliance as sufficient evidence that the company is entitled to be re-registered as a public company.