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In re TR Technology Investment Trust Plc: ChD 1988

The court was asked whether the limition on the circumstances in which the court could remove restrictions imposed under section 794, applied to a merely interim order.
Held: It did not. Hoffmann J said of the powers t demand information given under the 1985 Act: ‘the company, through its existing board, is given the unqualified right to insist that contests for the hearts and minds of shareholders are conducted with cards on the table.’ and ‘A company is therefore able, by notices under s212, to track down all persons who, within a very extended definition, have interests in its shares. The reason why the definition is so extensive is to counter the limitless ingenuity of persons who prefer to conceal their interests behind trusts and corporate entities.’

Judges:

Hoffmann J

Citations:

[1988] BCLC 256

Statutes:

Companies Act 1985 212

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

CitedRe Geers Gross plc CA 1988
Nourse LJ said: ‘the clear purpose of [Pt VI of the 1985 Act] is to give a public company, and ultimately the public at large, a prima facie unqualified right to know who are the real owners of its voting shares.’ . .

Cited by:

CitedEclairs Group Ltd and Another v JKX Oil and Gas Plc and Others ChD 30-Aug-2013
Challenge was made to restrictions on voting imposed on the directors under the company’s articles.
Held: The purpose of article 42 is to provide a ‘sanction or incentive’ to remedy a failure to comply with the disclosure notice. . .
CitedJKX Oil and Gas Plc and Others v Eclairs Group Ltd CA 13-May-2014
The court was asked as to important issues on the validity and constitutionality of restrictions imposed by the directors pursuant to Part 22 of the 2006 Act and the company’s Articles of Association, including the purported disenfranchisement of . .
CitedEclairs Group Ltd and Glengary Overseas Ltd v JKX Oil and Gas Plc SC 2-Dec-2015
Company Director not Trustee but is Fiduciary
The Court was asked about an alleged ‘corporate raid’, an attempt to exploit a minority shareholding in a company to obtain effective management or voting control without paying what other shareholders would regard as a proper price.
Held: The . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Company, Equity

Updated: 09 May 2022; Ref: scu.595475

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