Companies Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Management and Administration Registered Office and Name
97. Provisions as to entries in register in relation to share warrants
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
On the issue of a share warrant, the company shall strike out of its register of members the name of the member then entered therein as holding the shares specified in the warrant as if he had ceased to be a member and shall enter in the register the following particulars -
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;
the fact of the issue of the warrant;
name and particulars of the holder of the warrant;
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a statement of the shares included in the warrant, distinguishing each share by its number; and
the date of the issue of the warrant.
The holder of a share warrant is required to surrender the warrants for cancellation by 3 1 st December 201 5 and have his name entered as a member in the register of members.
The company shall be responsible for any loss incurred by any person by reason of the company entering in the register the name of a holder of a share warrant in respect of the shares therein specified without the warrant being surrendered and cancelled.
Companies
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Until the warrant is surrendered, the particulars specified in subsection (1) are deemed to be the particulars required by this Act to be entered in the register of members, and on the surrender, the date of the surrender must be entered.
Subject to the provisions of this Act, the holder of a share warrant may, if the articles of the company so provide, be deemed to be a member of the company, either to the full extent or for any purposes defined a in the articles.
articles
"articles" means the articles of association of a company, as originally framed or as altered by special resolution, including, so far as they apply to the company, the regulations contained in Table A in Schedule 1;
Terms defined in s 2
articles
Defined · s 2"articles" means the articles of association of a company, as originally framed or as altered by special resolution, including, so far as they apply to the company, the regulations contained in Table A in Schedule 1;
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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