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In this issue: Equity capital markets Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Directors and company secretaries Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Equity capital markets AFME publishes updated equity selling restriction wording for EEA and UK offerings The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has issued an updated set of equity selling restrictions to align with the UK’s new prospectus framework under the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024 (POATRs) and the FCA Prospectus Rules: Admission to Trading on a Regulated Market (PRM), which took effect on 19 January 2026. See: LNB News 27/01/2026 14. Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement No 7) Regulations 2026 SI 2026/57: These Regulations bring into operation provisions of ECCTA 2023 that remove the option for companies to retain member information on the central register, with a transitional measure...

In this issue: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 Equity capital markets Disclosure of beneficial ownership Directors and company secretaries Audit Members Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025 SI 2025/Draft: These proposed Regulations aim to amend assorted primary and secondary legislation as a consequence of company law reforms introduced by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023). ECCTA 2023 dispensed with the obligation for companies to hold their own registers recording particulars of their directors, People with Significant Control (PSCs) and secretaries. Instead, entities will file this data directly with Companies House, which will keep central registers. The Regulations commence at the point ECCTA 2023, section 43 (prohibiting a director from acting until their ID is verified) comes...

In this issue: Company records, registers and filing Share purchase agreement Equity capital markets Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Company records, registers and filing Companies House announces timeline for changes to company registers Companies House has set out that, from 18 November 2025, companies will not be required to maintain statutory registers for directors, directors’ residential addresses, secretaries and people with significant control, as envisaged by section 51 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023. The same particulars must still be filed with Companies House, consistent with current obligations. In addition, when recording director appointments at Companies House, businesses will no longer need to state directors’ business occupations. The ability to keep officer details on the central register will likewise be withdrawn. However, companies must continue to keep a register of members at their registered office or at a single alternative inspection...

This Practice Note summarises the duties on directors to declare their interests in shares under the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) and the UK Market Abuse Regulation, including reporting obligations for dealings by directors and other persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMRs) of listed companies. This Practice Note does not cover the disclosure obligations of companies. Register of directors' interests in shares—continued relevance for all companies Under the Companies Act 1985, companies were obliged to keep a register of directors’ interests in the company’s shares. There is no equivalent obligation in CA 2006, so this register is no longer mandatory. In practice, however, companies (in particular public companies) are likely to retain a register of directors’ interests to monitor any notifications made, eg disclosures by PDMRs under the UK Market Abuse Regulation (see Disclosures by PDMRs under the Market Abuse Regulation below). A company may have to disclose information about directors’ interests in certain situations, eg during a takeover offer. Keeping a register of directors’ interests means the necessary...

When a non-UK incorporated business sets up an establishment that carries on business in the United Kingdom, it may need to file its particulars with Companies House under the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) and the Overseas Companies Regulations 2009 (OC Regs). This Practice Note should be read alongside Practice Notes: Overseas companies in the UK—ongoing operation and Overseas companies in the UK—winding up, liquidation, insolvency and closure. Register of overseas entities holding property in the UK The process for registering an overseas company that conducts business in the UK is separate from the registration of overseas entities with interests in UK property, introduced in August 2022. For more on the register of overseas entities that own UK property created by the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (EC(TE)A 2022), see Practice Notes: Register of overseas entities that hold UK property—fundamentals and The beneficial ownership register of overseas entities that own UK property. What is an 'overseas company'? The CA 2006 defines an ‘overseas company’...

When an overseas company sets up an establishment in the United Kingdom to carry on business, it may need to register its particulars with Companies House in the UK. For details of the registration requirements, see Practice Note: Overseas companies with an establishment in the UK. The regime for registering an overseas company doing business in the UK is separate from the registration of overseas entities with an interest in UK property. For further information on the register of overseas entities that own UK property, established by the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (EC(TE)A 2022), see Practice Notes: Register of overseas entities that hold UK property—fundamentals and The beneficial ownership register of overseas entities that own UK property. This Practice Note should be read alongside Practice Note: Overseas companies in the UK—winding up, liquidation, insolvency and closure. Alteration of registered particulars An overseas company that has been registered in the UK must deliver information to Companies House in relation to any alteration of the registered particulars...

This Deed is dated [ insert date ] Parties [ insert name of company ], a company incorporated in [ England and Wales ] under number [ insert registered number ], with its registered office at [ insert address of registered office ] (the Company); and [ insert name of director ] of [ insert address of director ] (the Director). [Each of [ insert name of first party as defined above ] and [ insert name of second party as defined above ] is a party and, together, [ insert name of first party as defined above ] and [ insert name of second party as defined above ] are the parties.] Background The Director has agreed to serve as a director of the Company and has been entered on the register at Companies House. The Company has undertaken to indemnify the Director in accordance with the terms of this Deed. [The Company has also...