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Control of the company 305 preference shareholders is usually expressed as a certain rate per annum. For example, the articles m ...

306 Chapter 11Companies (2): Management, control and winding up dividend recommended or reduce it. If the members are unhappy wi ...

Control of the company 307 Notice of meetings At least 14 days’ notice must be given of a company meeting unless the meeting is ...

308 Chapter 11Companies (2): Management, control and winding up Resolutions at company meetings It is envisaged by the 2006 Act ...

The position of minority shareholders 309 a statement of not more than 1,000 words on the subject matter of the resolution. A lo ...

310 Chapter 11Companies (2): Management, control and winding up The rule in Foss vHarbottleis a logical extension of Salomon vSa ...

The position of minority shareholders 311 because otherwise directors in breach of duty might cause the company to bring a claim ...

312 Chapter 11Companies (2): Management, control and winding up In O’NeillvPhillips (1999)Lord Hoffmann gave the only judgment o ...

The position of minority shareholders 313 withdraw from the company on reasonable terms. A minority shareholder expectation will ...

314 Chapter 11Companies (2): Management, control and winding up and the court held that this was a breach of Pender’s rights as ...

Annual return 315 Company registers A company is obliged to keep the following registers at its registered office. Most of these ...

316 Chapter 11Companies (2): Management, control and winding up A £30 annual fee is charged for registration of the annual retur ...

The auditor 317 Abbreviated accounts Small and medium-sized companies can submit abbreviated accounts to the Registrar, although ...

318 Chapter 11Companies (2): Management, control and winding up Auditor’s duties The auditor has two duties, to audit the accoun ...

Loans to the company 319 Loans to the company It is possible that the members of the company will contribute all the capital whi ...

320 Chapter 11Companies (2): Management, control and winding up Floating charges A company may grant more than one fixed charge ...

Winding up of companies 321 Crystallisation occurs automatically: (a) When a receiver is appointed. (b) When the company goes in ...

322 Chapter 11Companies (2): Management, control and winding up A company will be regarded as unable to pay its debts if it does ...

Winding up of companies 323 (3) Floating charges created before 15 September 2003. (4) Top-sliced assets for distribution to the ...

324 Chapter 11Companies (2): Management, control and winding up or for any fraudulent purpose, the person who acted fraudulently ...