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Unfair prejudice—Court of Appeal consideration of application to strike out parts of a petition (Zedra Trust v The Hut Group)

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How global markets are preparing for potential SPAC growth

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Market Tracker daily deal round-up

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Corporate weekly highlights—17 June 2021

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Scrip dividends

Scrip dividendsCoronavirus (COVID-19): Following the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the London Stock Exchange released a notice to give companies...

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...

Share certificates

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

Comfort letters in a US IPO

Comfort letters in a US IPOThis Practice Note provides an overview of the purpose, content and scope of a comfort letter prepared by the auditors of a...

Practice notes

Form of transfer of shares

Form of transfer of sharesThere are a number of circumstances in which shares in a company may be transferred, eg upon a sale of the shares, through...

19th May

Precedents

Anti-embarrassment clause—share purchase agreement

Definitions Delete the existing definition of ‘Consideration’ in Precedent: Share purchase agreement—pro-buyer—corporate...

19th May

Practice notes

Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules requirements—the annual financial report

Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules requirements—the annual financial reportThis Practice Note discusses the requirements of the Disclosure...

Produced in partnership with Tessa Park of Moore Kingston Smith 19th May

Practice notes

Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules tracker

Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules trackerLast updated March 2021Tracker overviewThis Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (DTR) tracker...

19th May

Practice notes

Continuing obligations—vote holder and issuer notification rules (DTR 5)

Continuing obligations—vote holder and issuer notification rules (DTR 5)This Practice Note focuses on the notification obligations of holders of...

19th May

Practice notes

Payments for a director’s loss of office—transfer of an undertaking

Payments for a director’s loss of office—transfer of an undertakingThe Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) contains provisions that require payments made by...

19th May

Practice notes

The Transparency Directive

The Transparency DirectiveThis Practice Note provides an overview of the implementation of and key changes introduced by the EU Transparency Directive...

Produced in partnership with Mr Darragh Connell of Forum Chambers 19th May

Practice notes

G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance

G20/OECD Principles of Corporate GovernanceThis Practice Note discusses the Principles of Corporate Governance (Principles) published by the Group of...

Produced in partnership with Professor Brenda Hannigan of University of Southampton 19th May

Practice notes

Notifying changes in share capital to Companies House—statement of capital

Notifying changes in share capital to Companies House—statement of capitalCoronavirus (COVID-19): Following the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, some...

19th May

Practice notes

Quasi-loans to directors, connected persons and related arrangements—requirement to obtain members’ approval

Quasi-loans to directors, connected persons and related arrangements—requirement to obtain members’ approvalThe Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) contains...

19th May

Practice notes

Drafting and negotiating ancillary documents in a share purchase transaction

Drafting and negotiating ancillary documents in a share purchase transactionThis Practice Note is part of the Share purchase transaction toolkit.In...

19th May

Practice notes

Class rights and variation of class rights

Class rights and variation of class rightsA company having a share capital may have separate classes of shares. As a general rule, a type of share...

19th May

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Precedents

Subscription letter—shares

The Directors[insert company name][insert company address][insert date]Dear Directors,[insert company name] Limited (the Company)[I, OR We,][insert...

19th May

Q&As

Is it possible to make a manuscript amendment to the consideration clause of a stock transfer form after signature?

Is it possible to make a manuscript amendment to the consideration clause of a stock transfer form after signature?The correct process to be followed...

19th May

Practice notes

Matters reserved for the board

Matters reserved for the boardThe UK Corporate Governance Code (UKCG Code) of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) sets out standards of good...

19th May

Precedents

Legal due diligence report—private M&A—share purchase

Project [insert project name]Prepared for [Insert addressee name][Insert date of report]INDEXReportA. IntroductionB. Executive summaryC. Detailed...

19th May

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Practice notes

Transparency Directive tracker

Transparency Directive trackerLast updated March 2021Tracker overviewThis Transparency Directive tracker presents recent legislative and regulatory...

18th Jun

Practice notes

Prospectus Regulation roadmap

Prospectus Regulation roadmapIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered...

14th Jun

Practice notes

The Prospectus Regulation—level 2 and level 3 measures and other resources

The Prospectus Regulation—level 2 and level 3 measures and other resourcesIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the...

14th Jun

Practice notes

Equity capital markets—glossary of terms

Equity capital markets—glossary of termsIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period...

10th Jun

Practice notes

EU Prospectus Regulation tracker

EU Prospectus Regulation trackerLast updated May 2021Tracker overviewThis tracker summarises legislative and regulatory developments from 2001 to the...

9th Jun

Practice notes

The Prospectus Directive

The Prospectus DirectiveIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into...

Produced in partnership with James P. Healy and Richard Ho of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP 9th Jun

Practice notes

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR)—one minute guide

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR)—one minute guideWhat is the objective of the EU Market Abuse Regulation and UK Market Abuse Regulation?The Market Abuse...

5th Jun

Practice notes

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR)—level 2 and level 3 measures

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR)—level 2 and level 3 measuresBREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the Brexit...

5th Jun

Practice notes

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR)—essentials

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR)—essentialsIn each section of this Practice Note, links are given to the relevant provisions of EU and/or UK legislation,...

5th Jun

Practice notes

Equity Capital Markets 2019—UK—Trend Report

Equity Capital Markets 2019—UK—Trend ReportLexis®PSL Corporate and Market Tracker have conducted research to examine current market trends in respect...

5th Jun

Practice notes

PR Resource Note—PR 5—Other provisions

PR Resource Note—PR 5—Other provisionsLast updated July 2019.On 21 July 2019, the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 became fully applicable in EU...

5th Jun

Practice notes

DTR Resource Note—DTR 3—Transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and their connected persons

DTR Resource Note—DTR 3—Transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and their connected personsThis Resource Note highlights...

5th Jun

Practice notes

Equity capital markets 2017—UK—Market Tracker Trend Report

Equity capital markets 2017—UK—Market Tracker Trend ReportThis Market Tracker trend report, Trends in UK Equity Capital Markets, examines the current...

5th Jun

Practice notes

AIM Rules for Companies—Rules 20 to 26—Publication of documents, dealing policy, provision and disclosure of information, corporate action timetables and company information disclosure

AIM Rules for Companies—Rules 20 to 26—Publication of documents, dealing policy, provision and disclosure of information, corporate action timetables...

5th Jun

Practice notes

PR Resource Note—PR 3—Approval and publication of prospectus

PR Resource Note—PR 3—Approval and publication of prospectusLast updated July 2019.On 21 July 2019, the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 became...

5th Jun

Practice notes

Prospectus Rules tracker [Archived]

Prospectus Rules tracker [Archived]Last updated July 2019ARCHIVED—on 21 July 2019, the Prospectus Regulation Rules Instrument 2019 came into force....

5th Jun

Practice notes

DTR Resource Note—DTR 2—Disclosure and control of inside information by issuers

DTR Resource Note—DTR 2—Disclosure and control of inside information by issuersThis Resource Note highlights relevant commentary, analysis and...

5th Jun

Practice notes

The Chartered Governance Institute, GC100, QCA—Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Dealing code and policy document

The Chartered Governance Institute, GC100, QCA—Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Dealing code and policy documentThe Model Code, set out in the Listing...

5th Jun

Practice notes

Equity capital markets Q4 2013–Q3 2014—UK—Market Tracker Trend Report

Equity capital markets Q4 2013–Q3 2014—UK—Market Tracker Trend ReportThis Market Tracker Trend Report provides an insight into the dynamics...

5th Jun

Practice notes

CGI, GC100 and institutional investor guidance

CGI, GC100 and institutional investor guidanceA selection of the key guidance issued by The Chartered Governance Institute (formerly known as ICSA:...

5th Jun