Companies Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Share Capital and Debentures Prospectus
63A. Substantial shareholdings and substantial shareholders
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
For the purposes of this Act, a person has a substantial shareholding in a company if -
he has an interest or interests in one or more voting shares in the company; and
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the total votes attached to that share, or those shares, is not less than 5 per cent of the total votes attached to all the voting shares in the company.
For the purposes of this Act, a person has a substantial shareholding in a company, being a company the share capital of which is divided into two or more classes of shares, if -
share
"share" means share in the share capital of a company, and includes stock except where a distinction between stock and shares is expressed or implied;
he has an interest or interests in one or more voting shares included in one of those classes; and
the total votes attached to that share, or those shares, is not less than 5 per cent of the total votes attached to all the voting shares included in that class.
For the purposes of this Act, a person who has a substantial shareholding in a company is a substantial shareholder in that company.
In this section "voting shares" exclude treasury shares.
Terms defined in s 2
share
Defined · s 2"share" means share in the share capital of a company, and includes stock except where a distinction between stock and shares is expressed or implied;
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