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FCA publishes Primary Market Bulletin 64 covering review of total voting rights disclosures and significant transaction notification observations

FCA publishes Primary Market Bulletin 64 covering review of total voting rights disclosures and significant transaction notification observations

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Primary Market Bulletin 64 (PMB 64), which covers, among other things, the findings from the FCA’s...

Commission adopts revised sustainability reporting standards

Commission adopts revised sustainability reporting standards

The European Commission has adopted revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU)...

Corporate weekly highlights—2 July 2026

Corporate weekly highlights—2 July 2026

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes the FCA’s consultation paper proposing changes to the UK Listing Rules for closed-ended...

FRC's revised audit enforcement procedure comes into effect

FRC's revised audit enforcement procedure comes into effect

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has brought its revised Audit Enforcement Procedure (AEP) into effect from 1 July 2026. The FRC published the...

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Separate legal personality and the corporate veil

Separate legal personality and the corporate veil

Separate legal personality and the corporate veilCorporate legal personality—the Salomon principleA properly formed registered company is a separate...

A company’s constitution

A company’s constitution

A company’s constitutionWhat is a company's constitution?A company’s 'constitution' is defined under the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) as...

Allotment and issue of shares—fundamentals

Allotment and issue of shares—fundamentals

Allotment and issue of shares—fundamentalsSTOP PRESS: A significant restructuring of the UK listing regime came into effect on 29 July 2024, which...

Private companies limited by shares

Private companies limited by shares

Private companies limited by sharesThis Practice Note summarises the main features of a private company limited by shares. It also covers key...

Practice notes

Holding an AGM of a private company or unlisted public company

Holding an AGM of a private company or unlisted public companyThis Practice Note summarises the law, guidelines and market practice relating to the...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Removal of a director

Removal of a directorThis note should be read in conjunction with Practice Note: Appointment, retirement and resignation of a director.For an...
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30th May
Practice notes

Unlimited companies

Unlimited companiesThis Practice Note summarises the main features of an unlimited company and why an unlimited company might be used as a vehicle to...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Loan notes—fundamentals

Loan notes—fundamentalsThis fundamentals note considers some of the key characteristics of loan notes which may be issued by a private limited company...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Private equity investment—ratchets

Private equity investment—ratchetsA ratchet in private equity is a mechanism to vary the amount of equity held by founders, managers and employees...
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30th May
Practice notes

Directors’ remuneration

Directors’ remunerationCompany directors are not, by virtue only of their office as director, automatically entitled under company law to remuneration...
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30th May
Practice notes

Drag along and tag along—fundamentals

Drag along and tag along—fundamentalsDrag along and tag along rights are common provisions in private equity (PE)/venture capital (VC) and corporate...
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30th May
Practice notes

A guide to share purchase agreements

A guide to share purchase agreementsThis Practice Note provides an overview of the agreement for the sale and purchase of shares in a private limited...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Transfer of shares—law and procedure

Transfer of shares—law and procedureThere are a number of circumstances in which shares in a company may be transferred, the most common of which are...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Companies limited by guarantee

Companies limited by guaranteeWhat is a company limited by guarantee?Limited companies can be either limited by shares or by guarantee. A company...
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30th May
Practice notes

Quorum requirements for general meetings (including AGMs)

Quorum requirements for general meetings (including AGMs)This Practice Note summarises the law relating to quorum requirements for a company’s general...
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30th May
Practice notes

Company records—a company's statutory registers

Company records—a company's statutory registersThe Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) requires companies to keep the following statutory registers:•the...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Fiduciary duties of directors

Fiduciary duties of directorsThis Practice Note summarises the traditional fiduciary duties of company directors, including the duty to act in the...
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30th May
Practice notes

Share certificates

Share certificatesShares in a company can be issued as certificated shares or uncertificated shares.Shares issued by private companies and unlisted...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Issue of redeemable shares

Issue of redeemable sharesA limited company having a share capital may issue redeemable shares. Redeemable shares are a statutory concept contained in...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Directors’ board meetings—fundamentals

Directors’ board meetings—fundamentalsUnlike company general meetings and annual general meetings (AGMs), there are no specific provisions in the...
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30th May

Popular documents

Companies Act 1985 and Table A

Companies Act 1985 and Table AThis Practice Note provides useful links to various versions of the Companies Act 1985 (CA 1985), the tables of destinations and origins for the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) and Table A articles (being the articles of association that are available by default to

Companies Act 2006—history and approach to implementation

Companies Act 2006—history and approach to implementationThe Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) embodies the most wide-ranging reform of company law in over 20 years. It was brought into force on a staggered basis over a period of around three years and its final provisions came into effect on 1 October

Late payment penalties—inheritance tax

Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid

Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of case

Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application