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What are treasury shares?

Published in Shares and shareholders on December 16, 2019 by Philip Newman

Treasury shares are the company’s own shares that it has bought back from an existing shareholder where those shares have not been immediately cancelled. This means that these shares still exist and, therefore, the company’s…

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Tags: shares, share transfers, shareholders, share buyback, purchase of own shares, Treasury shares

What is an annual general meeting (AGM)?

Published in Company records on November 19, 2019 by Philip Newman

A company’s annual general meeting (‘AGM’) is a meeting of its members that is held after the company’s year end to vote on various resolutions including:…

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Tags: company records, resolutions, shareholders, AGM, Annual general meeting, AGMs

Preparing your private company for the death of a shareholder

Published in Shares and shareholders on November 8, 2019 by Jayne Challinor

No one likes to think about death, but for private companies – often family owned and managed – the death of a shareholder can be overwhelming. A small investment of time today, to prepare a coherent set of company…

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Tags: death, share transfers, articles of association, shareholders, shareholders agreement

Written Resolution – What is it?

Published in Company records on August 2, 2019 by Ben Robinson

Written resolutions have long been an instrument in a company’s toolkit for agreeing directors’ and shareholders’ resolutions without the need to physically hold a meeting. Here we’ll discuss:…

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Tags: company records, directors, resolutions, shareholders

Ordinary Resolution – What is it?

Published in Company records on July 24, 2019 by Ben Robinson

During the life of a company many important decisions must be passed via resolutions under the Companies Act 2006. An ordinary resolution is the most common of these as rarer and fewer decisions require a special resolution.…

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Tags: meetings, resolutions, shareholders

How to replace a lost share certificate

Published in Shares and shareholders on July 12, 2019 by Henry Catchpole

Everyone loses things, and shareholders will sometimes lose their share certificates. By lose, we mean anything ranging from damaging or misplacing share certificates right through to having them stolen.…

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Tags: share certificates, shares, share transfers, shareholders