What is an intention to float announcement?An intention to float announcements (ITF) is generally the first announcement to the public by an issuer of...
The underwriters or initial purchasers in an international securities offering will customarily require that the issuer's accountants provide one or...
A ratchet in private equity is a mechanism to vary the amount of equity held by founders, managers and employees post-investment.In a venture capital...
A company having a share capital may have separate classes of shares. As a general rule, a type of share will form a separate class from other shares...
A demerger is a transaction whereby a business carried on by a company within a group is taken out of that group and run under separate management but...
This Practice Note examines typical conduct at board meetings, and considers the role of the chair in presiding over board meetings, quorum and voting...
The Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) requires any provision in a director's service contract under which the guaranteed term of the director's employment...
The main directors’ duties developed by the courts were set out in statute for the first time in the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006), ss 171–177 and all...
This Practice Note summarises the traditional fiduciary duties of company directors, including the duty to act in the best interests of the company,...