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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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Share split and subdivision explained

Published in Shares and shareholders on March 2, 2021 by Philip Newman

Companies will do a share split, whereby each share is subdivided into two or more shares. This means that each shareholder will have more shares but each share will have a lower nominal value.…

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