C2C1Part 18Acquisition by limited company of its own shares

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Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))

Chapter 4Purchase of own shares

Supplementary provisions

706Treatment of shares purchased

Where a limited company makes a purchase of its own shares in accordance with this Chapter, then—

a

if section 724 (treasury shares) applies, the shares may be held and dealt with in accordance with Chapter 6;

b

if that section does not apply—

i

the shares are treated as cancelled, and

ii

the amount of the company's issued share capital is diminished accordingly by the nominal value of the shares cancelled.