Section 1032A: Restoration by court of company with share warrants, Companies Act 2006

This section applies in relation to a company falling within section 1029(1) if, at the time it was dissolved, deemed to be dissolved or (as the case may be) struck off, it had any share warrant in issue.

If the court orders the restoration of the company to the register, the order must also cancel the share warrant and the shares specified in it with effect from the date the restoration takes effect.

If as a result of subsection (2) the company has no issued share capital, the company must, before the end of the period of one month beginning with the date the restoration takes effect, allot at least one share in the company; and section 549(1) does not apply to such an allotment.

Subsection (6) applies in a case where—

the application under section 1029 was made by a person mentioned in subsection (2)(b) or (h) of that section, or

the court order specifies that it applies.

But subsection (6) does not apply in any case where the company is required under subsection (3) to make an allotment (because in such a case section 555 will apply).

In a case where this subsection applies, the company must, before the end of the period of 15 days beginning with the date the restoration takes effect, deliver a statement of capital to the registrar.

The statement of capital must state with respect to the company's share capital as reduced by the cancellation of the share warrant and the shares specified in it—

the total number of shares of the company,

the aggregate nominal value of those shares,

the aggregate amount (if any) unpaid on those shares (whether on account of their nominal value or by way of premium), and

for each class of shares—

prescribed particulars of the rights attached to the shares,

the total number of shares of that class, and

the aggregate nominal value of shares of that class.

Where a share warrant is cancelled by an order as mentioned in subsection (2), the company must, as soon as reasonably practicable—

enter the date the cancellation takes effect in its register of members, ...

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Subsection (10) applies where—

any property or right previously vested in or held on trust for the company in respect of any share specified in a share warrant has vested as bona vacantia (see section 1012), and

the warrant and the share are cancelled on the restoration of the company in accordance with this section.

On restoration of the company, that property or right—

may not be returned to the company, and

accordingly, remains vested as bona vacantia .

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

on conviction on indictment, to a fine;

on summary conviction—

in England and Wales, to a fine;

in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.

Section 1032A: Restoration by court of company with share warrants

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