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Part 5 · Scheme of Arrangement

69. Power of Court to order re‑vote

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(1)

At the hearing of an application for the Court’s approval under section 210(4) of the Companies Act 1967 of a compromise or an arrangement between a company and its creditors or any class of those creditors, the Court may order the company to hold another meeting of the creditors or class of creditors (called in this section the further meeting) for the purpose of putting the compromise or arrangement to a re‑vote.

(2)

When making an order under subsection (1), the Court may —

(a)

make the order subject to such terms as the Court thinks fit;

(b)

direct that the further meeting be summoned or held in such manner as the Court thinks fit; and

(c)

make such orders or directions as the Court thinks appropriate in respect of one or more of the following matters:

(i)

the classification of any creditor for the purposes of voting at the further meeting;

(ii)

the quantum of any creditor’s debt that is to be admitted for the purposes of voting at the further meeting;

(iii)

the weight to be attached to the vote of any creditor at the further meeting.

Report

Part 5A

Simplified Restructuring of Debts

Part 6

Corporate Insolvency — Receivership

Part 7

Judicial Management

Part 8

Winding Up

Part 9

Provisions Applicable in Judicial Management and Winding Up

Part 10

Winding Up of Unregistered Companies and Liquidation or Dissolution of Foreign Companies

Part 10A

Simplified Winding Up

Part 11

Cross-Border Insolvency

Part 12

General Provisions Applicable to Parts 4 to 11

Part 13

Bankruptcy — Preliminary

Part 14

Voluntary Arrangements

Part 15

Debt Repayment Scheme

Part 16

Proceedings in Bankruptcy

Part 17

Administration in Bankruptcy

Part 18

Annulment and Discharge

Part 19

Duties, Disqualification and Disabilities of Bankrupt

Part 20

Bankruptcy Offences

Part 21

Bankruptcy Miscellaneous Provisions

Part 22

Provisions Against Debt Avoidance and Limitation on Certain Contractual Rights

Part 23

Miscellaneous and General Provisions

Part 24

Consequential and Related Amendments to Other Acts

Part 25

Saving and Transitional Provisions

Schedules