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2023 Companies and Business Trusts Bill: Speech

The speech describes four groups of reforms, including a permanent option for fully virtual or hybrid meetings. It explains policy objectives alongside public-interest safeguards.

Source checked · 11 October 2026 Historical document

Why compulsory-acquisition rules were refined

The speech explains compulsory acquisition as a way to overcome a minority holdout while protecting dissenting shareholders. The 90 per cent acceptance calculation already excludes buyer-held shares and specified nominee or related-corporation holdings. The proposed refinements respond to attempts to circumvent these exclusions through acquisition structures, linking the threshold rules to genuine independence from the buyer.

Official source

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