Singapore legislation

Clause 39

of Companies (Amendment) Bill

Clause 39

Amendment of section 74

Section 74 of the Companies Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) If, in the case of a company the share capital of which is divided into different classes of shares, provision is made by the constitution for authorising the variation or abrogation of the rights attached to any class of shares in the company, subject to the consent of any specified proportion of the holders of the issued shares of that class or the sanction of a resolution passed at a separate meeting of the holders of those shares, and in pursuance of that provision, the rights attached to any such class of shares are at any time varied or abrogated, the holders of not less in the aggregate than 5% of the total number of issued shares of that class may apply to the Court to have the variation or abrogation cancelled, and, if any such application is made, the variation or abrogation shall not have effect until confirmed by the Court.”; and

(b)

by deleting the words “issued share capital” in subsection (1A) and substituting the words “issued shares”.

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