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Insolvency Act 1986

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110 Acceptance of shares, etc., as consideration for sale of company property.

(1) This section applies, in the case of a company proposed to be, or being, wound up voluntarily, where the whole or part of the company’s business or property is proposed to be transferred or sold (a) to another company (“the transferee company"), whether or not the latter is a company registered under the Companies Act 2006 , or (b) to a limited liability partnership (the “transferee limited liability partnership"). (2) With the requisite sanction, the liquidator of the company being, or proposed to be, wound up (“the transferor company") may receive, in compensation or part compensation for the transfer or sale— (a) in the case of the transferee company, shares, policies or other like interests in the transferee company for distribution among the members of the transferor company, or (b) in the case of the transferee limited liability partnership, membership in the transferee limited liability partnership for distribution among the members of the transferor company. (3) The sanction requisite under subsection (2) is— (a) in the case of a members’ voluntary winding up, that of a special resolution of the company, conferring either a general authority on the liquidator or an authority in respect of any particular arrangement, and (b) in the case of a creditors’ voluntary winding up, that of either the court or the liquidation committee. (4) Alternatively to subsection (2), the liquidator may (with that sanction) enter into any other arrangement whereby the members of the transferor company may— (a) in the case of the transferee company, in lieu of receiving cash, shares, policies or other like interests (or in addition thereto) participate in the profits of, or receive any other benefit from, the transferee company, or (b) in the case of the transferee limited liability partnership, in lieu of receiving cash or membership (or in addition thereto), participate in some other way in the profits of, or receive any other benefit from, the transferee limited liability partnership. (5) A sale or arrangement in pursuance of this section is binding on members of the transferor company. (6) A special resolution is not invalid for purposes of this section by reason that it is passed before or concurrently with a resolution for voluntary winding up or for appointing liquidators; but, if an order is made within a year for winding up the company by the court, the special resolution is not valid unless sanctioned by the court.

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110 Acceptance of shares, etc., as consideration for sale of company property.

(1) This section applies, in the case of a company proposed to be, or being, wound up voluntarily, where the whole or part of the company’s business or property is proposed to be transferred or sold (a) to another company (“the transferee company"), whether or not the latter is a company registered under the Companies Act 2006 , or (b) to a limited liability partnership (the “transferee limited liability partnership"). (2) With the requisite sanction, the liquidator of the company being, or proposed to be, wound up (“the transferor company") may receive, in compensation or part compensation for the transfer or sale— (a) in the case of the transferee company, shares, policies or other like interests in the transferee company for distribution among the members of the transferor company, or (b) in the case of the transferee limited liability partnership, membership in the transferee limited liability partnership for distribution among the members of the transferor company. (3) The sanction requisite under subsection (2) is— (a) in the case of a members’ voluntary winding up, that of a special resolution of the company, conferring either a general authority on the liquidator or an authority in respect of any particular arrangement, and (b) in the case of a creditors’ voluntary winding up, that of either the court or the liquidation committee. (4) Alternatively to subsection (2), the liquidator may (with that sanction) enter into any other arrangement whereby the members of the transferor company may— (a) in the case of the transferee company, in lieu of receiving cash, shares, policies or other like interests (or in addition thereto) participate in the profits of, or receive any other benefit from, the transferee company, or (b) in the case of the transferee limited liability partnership, in lieu of receiving cash or membership (or in addition thereto), participate in some other way in the profits of, or receive any other benefit from, the transferee limited liability partnership. (5) A sale or arrangement in pursuance of this section is binding on members of the transferor company. (6) A special resolution is not invalid for purposes of this section by reason that it is passed before or concurrently with a resolution for voluntary winding up or for appointing liquidators; but, if an order is made within a year for winding up the company by the court, the special resolution is not valid unless sanctioned by the court.

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