Part 1 Main Provisions

SCHEDULE 9 Arrangements and Reconstructions for Companies in Financial Difficulty

Section 7

Part 1 Main Provisions

1

In the Companies Act 2006, after Part 26 insert—

“Part 26A
Arrangements and Reconstructions: Companies in Financial Difficulty
Application of this Part
901A Application of this Part

(1)     The provisions of this Part apply where conditions A and B are met in relation to a company.

(2)     Condition A is that the company has encountered, or is likely to encounter, financial difficulties that are affecting, or will or may affect, its ability to carry on business as a going concern.

(3)     Condition B is that—

(a)     a compromise or arrangement is proposed between the company and—

(i)     its creditors, or any class of them, or

(ii)     its members, or any class of them, and

(b)     the purpose of the compromise or arrangement is to eliminate, reduce or prevent, or mitigate the effect of, any of the financial difficulties mentioned in subsection (2).

(4)     In this Part—

“arrangement†includes a reorganisation of the company's share capital by the consolidation of shares of different classes or by the division of shares into shares of different classes, or by both of those methods;

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(a)

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