PRY

(c)

SECRETARIAL PRACTICE

where the offer was made only to persons with whom the
person making the offer has been in the habit of doing
regular business in the purchase or sale of shares.

(3) The written statement aforesaid shall not contain any
matter other than the particulars required by this section to be
included therein, and shall not be in characters less large or less
legible than any characters used in the offer or in any document sent
therewith.

(4) The said statement shall contain particulars with respect
to the following matters—

(@) whether the person making the offer is acting as principal
or agent, and if as agent the name of his principal and an
address in Great Britain where that principal can be served
with process;
the date on which and the country in which the company
was incorporated and the address of its registered or
principal office in Great Britain;
the authorised share capital of the company and the
amount thereof which has been issued, the classes into
which it is divided and the rights of each class of shareholders
 in respect of capital, dividends and voting;
the dividends, if any, paid by the company on each class of
shares during each of the three financial years immediately
preceding the offer, and if no dividend has been paid in
respect of shares of any particular class during anv of those
years, a statement to that effect:
the total amount of any debentures issued by the company
and outstanding at the date of the statement, together with
the rate of interest payable thereon;
(f) the names and addresses of the directors of the company;
(g) whether or not the shares offered are fully paid up, and, if
not, to what extent they are paid up;
whether or not the shares are quoted on, or permission to
deal therein has been granted by, any recognised stock
exchange in Great Britain or elsewhere, and, if so, which,
and, if not, a statement that they are not so quoted or that
no such permission has been granted;
where the offer relates to units, particulars of the name and
addresses of the persons in whom the shares represented
by the units are vested, the date of and the parties to any
document defining the terms on which those shares are held,
and an address in Great Britain where that document or a
copy thereof can be inspected.
In this subsection the expression ‘company’ means the
company by which the shares to which the statement relates were
or are to be issued.

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