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Stop press: The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No 6 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026, SI 2026/82 now activate the outstanding parts of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA 2025). Measures covering subject access requests, legitimate interests, purpose limitation, automated decision-making, cross-border transfers and enforcement take effect from 5 February 2026, while those on penalty notices and complaints apply from 19 June 2026. For further detail, refer to Practice Note: Data (Use and Access) Act 2025—employment implications. This Precedent will shortly be revised to reflect these developments. [to be printed on employer letterhead] [ Name of Employee ][ Address ][ Date ] Dear [ insert employee's name ] Secondment to [ insert name of host company ] Following our recent conversations, I am writing to confirm the arrangements we have agreed for your secondment to [ insert name of host company ] (the

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[ Insert name and address of client ] [ insert date ] Dear [ insert name of contact at the client ] Explaining the disclosure process and your obligations Thank you for instructing us in relation to [ insert matter name / details ]. [ This letter accompanies our retainer OR Our retainer will follow under separate cover ]. It [ has been confirmed OR is likely OR is possible ] that your dispute with [ describe other parties ] will be determined in the Business and Property Courts [ if it proceeds to formal litigation ]. This letter explains what disclosure under the Disclosure Scheme ( DS ) in the Business and Property Courts involves, and what you must know about the procedure. The DS seeks a fundamental cultural shift in the approach to disclosure in civil litigation. So, even if you have handled

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This Agreement is entered into on [ insert date ] between: 1 [ insert name of manufacturer ] [ of OR a company incorporated in [ England and Wales ] under number [ insert registered number ] whose registered office is at ] [ insert address ] (Manufacturer); and 2 [ insert name of customer ] [ of OR a company incorporated in [ England and Wales ] under number [ insert registered number ] whose registered office is at ] [ insert address ] (Customer). Each of the Manufacturer and the Customer is a party and, together, the Manufacturer and the Customer constitute the parties... Background: (A) The Manufacturer manufactures [ insert ]... (B) The Customer Group manages the distribution and sale of [ insert ]... (C) The Manufacturer intends to manufacture and sell the Product to the

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This Deed is dated on [ insert day and month ] 20[ insert year ] Parties [ Insert name of Chargor ], being a company incorporated in England and Wales, bearing registered number [ insert company number ], and whose registered office is situate at [ insert address ] (the Chargor); and [ Insert name of Lender ] of [ insert address ] (the Lender). Recitals The Lender makes facilities available to the Chargor under various financing arrangements. It is a condition of the Lender making the facilities available to the Chargor that the Chargor enter into this Deed in favour of the Lender. ...

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Provided that, a general meeting, excluding an annual general meeting, can be convened with no fewer than 14 clear days’ notice...

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Board minutes—private M& A—asset purchase—completion—buyer Company number: [ insert company number ] — [ insert company name ] [ LIMITED OR PLC ] Minutes of a board meeting of [ insert company name ] [ Limited OR PLC ] (the Company) at [ place ] on [ date ] at [ time ] [ am OR pm ]. [ Insert name ] chaired, confirmed notice and a quorum under the Articles. Business: to approve the acquisition of [ description ] (the Business), with [ assets ] (the Assets) from [ Seller ] [ Limited OR PLC ] (the Acquisition) [ with any prior committee constituted on [ date ] ]. Interests recorded per CA 2006 (ss.184/185, 177/182) and the Articles. Documents: Agreement/ Disclosure Letter; [ assignments, transitional services, novation/assignment deeds ]; prior approvals [ and waivers/consents ] (the Acquisition Documents). Key terms: price £[ amount ] [...

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Private and confidential [ Insert company name ] (the Company) STOP PRESS: Major, wide-ranging reforms to the UK prospectus framework took legal effect on 19 January 2026. The principal provisions for both public offers of securities and UK admissions to trading are now principally contained in the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024, SI 2024/105 (the POATRs), and the FCA sourcebook, The Prospectus Rules: Admission to Trading on a Regulated Market ( PRM). The UK Prospectus Regulation and the FCA Prospectus Regulation Rules have now been revoked. The changes are intended to make capital raising simpler and to materially lessen the circumstances in which a company must issue an FCA approved prospectus for a further share offering. For detailed guidance on the changes, see Practice Note: UK prospectus regime reform. This Practice Note describes the prospectus regime that applied before 19 January...

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Company number: [ insert number ] [ insert company name ] [ plc OR Limited ] Record of a meeting of the board of directors (the Meeting) for [ insert full name of company ] (the Company), convened at [ insert location of meeting, eg the offices of the Company ] on [ insert day, month and year of the meeting ] at [ insert time of meeting ] [ am OR pm ] Present: [ Add the names of director(s) attending in person ] [ [ Add the names of any directors participating by telephone as allowed by the Company’s articles of association ] (by telephone) ] [ [ Add the names of any directors joining by other means permitted under the Company’s articles of association ] (by [ insert other means ]) ] In attendance: [ [ Add anyone present who does not count towards the Meeting quorum (eg the...

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General notification of interest in an existing transaction or arrangement To the Directors [ Insert name of company ] [ ( Company) ] [ Insert address ] [ Insert date ] Dear [ Directors ], [ Pursuant to section 185 of the Companies Act 2006 [ , OR and ] for the purposes of section 182 of the Companies Act 2006 [ and article [......

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ORDINARY RESOLUTION THAT [ subject to and contingent upon [ insert any conditions relating to the exercise of the power to reconvert stock into shares ], ] the [ insert value ] [ insert class ] stock of the Company [ held by [ insert name ] ] (the Stock) shall be converted back into [ insert number ] [ insert class ] shares of [ insert nominal value ] each within the Company’s capital, [ bearing numbers [ insert number ] to [ insert number ] inclusive and ] recorded as fully paid, and the rights and restrictions [ (save as to nominal value) ] attaching to those shares shall be identical to those attached to the shares that were originally converted into the Stock......

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Special notice: To: The Directors [ insert company name ] [ Limited OR PLC ] [ insert address of company ] [ insert date ] [ insert company name ] [ Limited OR PLC ] (the Company) [ I OR We ], being the holder[ s ] of [ insert class of shares ] shares of [ insert value ] pence each in the capital of the Company, hereby notify, pursuant to sections 312 and 511 of the Companies Act 2006, of my OR our intention to put forward the following resolution as an ordinary resolution at the Company’s next [ annual ] general meeting: That [ insert name of auditor ] be removed from office as auditor of the Company with [ immediate effect OR effect from [ insert date ] ], notwithstanding that their term of office has not yet...

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ORDINARY RESOLUTION THAT [ subject to and conditional upon [ insert any conditions relating to the exercise of the power to consolidate shares ], ] the [ [ insert number ] OR all of the ] [ insert class ] shares of [ insert nominal value ] each forming part of the Company’s capital [ held by [ insert name ] ] [ , numbered [ insert number ] to [ insert number ] inclusive, ] shall be consolidated into [ insert number ] [ insert class ] shares of [ insert nominal value ] each [ , numbered [ insert number ] to [ insert number ] inclusive ], and the rights and restrictions attaching to such shares (save as to nominal value) shall remain unchanged by that consolidation......

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This [ Agreement OR DEED ] is entered into on [ insert day and month ] 20[ insert year ] Parties [ insert name of buyer ] [ of [ insert address ] OR trading as [ insert trading name ] of [ insert address ] OR a firm with its principal place of business at [ insert address of firm ] OR [ an LLP OR a company ] incorporated in [ insert place of incorporation, eg England and Wales ] with registered number [ insert registered number ], whose registered office is at [ insert address ] ] (the Buyer); [ insert name of seller ] [ of [ insert address ] OR trading as [ insert trading name ] of [ insert address ] OR a firm with its principal place of business at [ insert address of firm ] OR [ an LLP OR a...

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1 By this power of attorney dated [ insert date ], I, [ insert name of director ] of [ insert address of director ], being a director of [ insert company name ] (incorporated in [ England and Wales ] under registered number [ insert company number ]) (the Company), appoint every other director of the Company, each acting severally, as my true and lawful attorney (each an Attorney) to do all acts and deeds, and to negotiate, review, settle, approve, agree, sign, execute and deliver any deeds, contracts, agreements, documents, undertakings and assurances for and on my behalf and in my name, or in the Attorney’s name, which, in my personal capacity or as a director of the Company [ or any of its subsidiaries (as appropriate) ], are necessary or required, or which the board of directors of the Company or any...

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Declaration of interest in a proposed To the directors at [ Insert name of company ] ([ Company]) [ Insert address ] [ Insert date ] Dear [ Directors ],......

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[ On the Company’s letterhead ] To: [ insert name and address of the Nomad/ Placing Agent ] [ insert date ] Placing of [ insert number ] Placing Shares of [ insert amount ] pence each in the capital of the Company (the Placing) This letter concerns the Placing and the placing agreement among the Company, the Nomad/ Placing Agent and the Directors, dated [ insert date ] (the Placing Agreement)......

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Company number: [ insert number ] [ insert company name ] [ LTD OR PLC ] (the Company) Statement of directors We, the directors of the Company, issue this statement for the purposes of section 627(6) of the Companies Act 2006 and confirm the following: The reduction of the Company’s share capital, authorised by special resolution, does not exceed 10% of the nominal value of the Company’s allotted share capital immediately after that reduction, in line with section 626(4) of the Companies Act 2006. Signature: ………………………………………… [ insert name of director ] Date: ………………………….. Signature: ………………………………………… [ insert name of director ] Date: ………………………….. Signature: ………………………………………… [ insert name of director ] Date: …………………………........

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Ordinary resolution That, under section 219 of the Companies Act 2006, approval be granted for the Company to pay [ insert amount ] to [ insert name of director ], a director of [ insert name of holding company ], in connection with the [ proposed ] transfer of shares in the Company arising from a takeover bid by [ insert name of bidder ], on any of the following bases: as compensation for their loss of office at [ insert name of holding company ]; as compensation for their loss of [ insert details of circumstances described in s 215(1)(b) CA 2006 ]; as consideration [ for OR in connection with ] their retirement from office as director of [ insert name of holding company ]; as consideration [ for OR in connection with ] their...

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Special resolution That the Company’s share capital shall be decreased from [ insert total nominal value of shares ] comprising [ insert number ] [ insert class ] shares, each with a nominal value of [ insert nominal value ], to [ insert total nominal value after the proposed reduction ] comprising [ insert number ]......

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This Agreement is dated [ insert day and month ] 20[ insert year ] Parties [ insert name of Company ], a company registered in [ England and Wales ] with company number [ insert company number ], whose registered office is at [ insert address ] (the Company); [ insert name of the nominated adviser ], a company registered in [ England and Wales ] with company number [ insert company number ], whose registered office is at [ insert address ] (the Nomad); and the persons named and addressed in Schedule 1 (the Directors). Recitals ( A) The Company was incorporated under the Companies Act [ insert relevant year ] as a [ public OR private ] company limited by shares with company number [ insert number ] on [ insert date ] under the name [ insert name of company on...

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Special resolution That the Company be converted into a private company limited by [ shares OR guarantee ] [ and, to that end, the name of the Company be altered from [ insert name ] to [ insert name ] Limited ]......

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[ Printed on the reporting accountant’s letterhead ] The Directors [ Enter name and address of issuer ] and [ Enter name and address of nominated adviser ] [ Enter date ] Dear [ enter text ] [ Enter name of issuer ] (the Company): Application for admission to AIM — Financial Reporting Procedures We refer......

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Ordinary resolution That [ insert name of audit firm ] shall be [ appointed OR re-appointed ] as the Company’s auditor up to [ the end of the next interval for appointing auditors OR the conclusion of the Company’s next accounts meeting ], and that [ their remuneration shall be a fee of £[ insert figure ] OR the Company’s directors are authorised to set their remuneration ]......

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Company number: [ insert number ] [ insert company name ] [ plc OR Limited ] Minutes of the meeting of the board of directors (the Meeting) of [ insert full name of company ] (the Company) Conducted at [ insert location of meeting, eg the offices of the Company ] On [ insert day, month and year of the meeting ] at [ insert time of meeting ] [ am OR pm ] Present: [ Insert names of the director(s) physically present ] [ [ Insert names of any directors present by telephone as permitted by the Company's articles of association ] (by telephone) ] [ [ Insert names of any directors present by other means permitted by the Company's articles of association ] (by [ insert other means ] ] In attendance: [ [ Insert name of anyone in...

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I, [ name ], of [ address ], solemnly and sincerely state that: [ Matters to be verified, set out in numbered paragraphs ] I make this solemn statement in good conscience, believing it to be true, and pursuant to the provisions of the Statutory Declarations Act 1835. DECLARED at [ details ] this [ day ] day of [ month and year ] Before me ................................................................................ [ signature of the person before whom the declaration is made ] A [ commissioner for oaths OR [ solicitor OR [ insert other qualification ] ] authorised to administer oaths ]...

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