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12 January 2024

Half-yearly corporate update - Our latest briefing

We have published our half-yearly update briefing which summarises the major developments in UK corporate law and regulation that have occurred over the …

20 October 2023

Court of Appeal upholds decision that exercise of conversion rights in articles was a variation of class rights

The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court decision that exercising a right in a company’s articles of association to convert preference shares to …

20 October 2023

Our latest podcast on activism and AGMs

In the latest episode of our shareholder activism podcast series, we talk about activism and AGMs. We discuss in particular: why we see more activism …

06 April 2021

Listing regime – latest FCA Primary Market Bulletin

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the 33rd edition of its Primary Market Bulletin (PMB No.33). It contains an update on various issues, …

24 July 2020

Further implementation of Shareholder Rights Directive II

New regulations, the Companies (Shareholders’ Rights to Voting Confirmations) Regulations 2020, will introduce new provisions into the Companies Act 2006 …

01 May 2020

New obligation to file details of share rights now in force

Listed companies must file a document disclosing the rights attached to their listed securities with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under a new …

31 December 2019

Consultation on changes to the Listing Rules

In December 2019, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its quarterly consultation paper (CP19/33) which proposed changes to the FCA Handbook, …