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Prudential plc - Access to Share Registers for Proper Purposes (Tuesday, 13 November 2007) Written by Susan Henderson What does the Act Say? S 116-119 now make inspection or requesting a copy of a share register (by members or others) subject to a “proper purpose” test. S 116, anyone requesting access to a share register needs to provide details of their name, address and organisation and the purpose for which they require the register, as well as contact details of anyone to whom the information will be disclosed. S 117, companies required to provide a copy or allow ... (1915 more chars)

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Companies Act 2006 - Information Rights (Tuesday, 13 November 2007) Written by Susan Henderson Information Rights - What does the Act say? New rights given to underlying beneficial shareholders under s145 and 146 Registered shareholder may nominate another to receive information rights (ie to receive a copy of all communications the Company sends to its members generally, including Annual Report and Accounts) Person being nominated must first request the shareholder to make the nomination and provide an address. Otherwise company can supply documents by mean... (2162 more chars)

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