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What should be included in a shareholders’ agreement?

Published in Shares and shareholders on October 10, 2018 by Henry Catchpole

We’ve written separately to explain what a shareholders’ agreement is and when it’s appropriate to have one in place. This article sets out some of the practicalities of putting a shareholders’ agreement in…

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What is a shareholders’ agreement?

Published in Shares and shareholders on September 26, 2018 by Philip Newman

When setting up a company with family or friends it is easy to assume that nothing can go wrong in the future. You might assume that as you trust one another you do not need to put in place something like a shareholders’…

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Share certificates – what you need to know

Published in Shares and shareholders on September 20, 2018 by Johnathan Korchak

A share certificate, which is produced and issued by a company, certifies on a certain date that a person is the registered owner of shares in that company. The key information shown on the certificate includes the name and…

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A share capital reduction explained

Published in Shares and shareholders on August 28, 2018 by Philip Newman

A share capital reduction is an allowed way for limited companies to reduce their share capital without the need to meet the requirements for a redemption or purchase of own shares out of capital. There are a number of ways that…

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Redemption of shares explained

Published in Shares and shareholders on July 25, 2018 by Philip Newman

A company can have different types of shares depending on its capital requirements. All companies will have a type of ordinary share, which are non-redeemable (sometimes referred to as irredeemable) shares with full voting…

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Using capital for a redemption or purchase of own shares

Published in Shares and shareholders on July 25, 2018 by Philip Newman

When a private company wants to complete a share redemption or purchase of own shares it is initially required to use its existing distributable profits or the proceeds of a new issue. In some cases there might not be…

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