Section 315 of The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015: Results of poll to be made available on website

(1) A quoted company shall make the information referred to in section 315 (1) available on a website that— (a) is maintained by or on behalf of the company; and (b) identifies the company. (2) The...

(1) Every company shall keep records comprising— (a) copies of all resolutions of members passed otherwise than at general meetings; (b) minutes of all proceedings of general meetings;...

(1) This section applies to the records kept in accordance with section 317. (2) The record of a resolution passed otherwise than at a general meeting, if purporting to be signed by a director of the...

(1) This section applies to a company that is limited by shares or by guaranteeand has only one member. (2) If a company to which this section applies takes a decision that— (a) can be taken by the...

(1) This section applies— (a) to a company that is required to keep records in accordance with section 317; and (b) to those records. (2) Except in so far as the regulations otherwise provide, a...

This Division applies, with necessary modification, in relation to resolutions and meetings of— (a) holders of a class of shares; and (b) in the case of a company without a share capital, a class of...

(1) The shares of a company may not be converted into stock. (2) An attempt to convert a company's shares into stock has no effect.

The shares or other interest of a member in a company are personal property and are not in the nature of real estate.

(1) Shares in a limited company having a share capital are each required tohave a fixed nominal value. (2) Shares in a limited company having a share capital are required to bedenominated in...

(1) Except as provided by subsections (2) and (3), a company that has ashare capital shall ensure that each of its shares is distinguished by an appropriate distinguishing number. (2) If all of the...

The shares and any other interests of a member in a company are transferable in accordance with the company’s articles.

(1) The directors of a company shall not exercise a power of the company—(a) to allot shares in the company; or (b) to grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, shares in the...

If a private company has only one class of shares, the directors may exercise any power of the company— (a) to allot shares of that class; or (b) to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any...

(1) The directors of a company may exercise a power of the company to—(a) allot shares in the company; or (b) grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the company, only...

(1) Except as permitted by section 331, a company shall not apply any of itsshares or capital money, either directly or indirectly, in payment of any commission, discount or allowance to any person in...

A company may pay a commission to a person in consideration of the person— (a) subscribing or agreeing to subscribe whether 40 absolutely or conditionally for shares in the company; or (b) procuring...

(1) A company shall register an allotment of shares as soon as practicable andin any event within two months after the date of the allotment. (2) If a company fails to comply with subsection (1), the...

(1) Within one month after making an allotment of shares, a limited companyshall lodge with the Registrar for registration a return of the allotment. (2) The company shall ensure that the...

(1) An unlimited company that allots shares of a class with rights that are notin all respects uniform with shares previously allotted shall, within one month after making such an allotment, lodge...

(1) If a company fails to lodge a return of allotment as required by section 333 or 334, the company, and each officer of the company who is in default, commit an offence and on conviction are each...

The provisions of this Part on allotment do not apply to the taking of shares by the subscribers to the memorandum on the formation of the company.

In this Division, a reference to the allotment of equity securities includes— (a) the grant of a right to subscribe for, or to convert any securities into, ordinary shares in the company;...

(1) A company shall not allot equity securities to a person on any terms unless— (a) the company has made an offer to each person who holds ordinary shares in the company to allot to the person on...

(1) This section has effect as to the manner in which offers required by section338 are to be made to holders of the shares of a company. (2) An offer made under section 338 may be made in hard copy...

(1) If a company contravenes section 338 or 339, the company and each officer of the company who is in default, are jointly and severally liable to compensate any person to whom an offer should have...

Section 338(l) does not apply in relation to the allotment of bonus shares.

Section 338(1) does not apply to a particular allotment of equity securities if these are, or are to be, wholly or partly paid up otherwise than in cash

Section 338 does not apply to the allotment of securities that would, apart from any renunciation or assignment of the right to their allotment, be held under an employees' share scheme.

(1) This section applies when, in a case in which section 338 would otherwise apply— (a) a company's articles contain provision prohibiting the company from allotting ordinary shares of a particular...

(1) The articles of a private company that has only one class of shares, or aresolution passed by the company, may confer on the directors of the company power to allot equity securities of that class...

) If the directors of a company are generally authorised for the purposes of section 329, they may be given power by the articles, or by a special resolution of the company, to allot equity...

(1) If the directors of a company are authorised for the purposes of section 329 (whether generally or otherwise), the company may by special resolution resolve that section 338— (a) does not apply...

(1) This section applies in relation to a sale of shares that is an allotment ofequity securities because of section 337(b). (2) The directors of a company may be given power by the articles, or by...

(1) In relation to an offer to allot securities required by section 338, a reference,however expressed, to the holder of shares of any description is to whoever was the holder of shares of that...

The provisions of this Division relating to shareholders’ pre-emption rights do not apply to the taking of shares by the subscribers to the memorandum on the formation of the company.

(1) This Division does not limit the application of any other written law underwhich a company is prohibited (whether generally or in specified circumstances) from offering or allotting equity...

(1) This Division does not apply to an allotment of equity securities of a publiccompany that are subject to a pre-emption requirement in relation to which the repealed Act applied immediately before...

(1) A public company shall not allot shares of the company offered for public subscription unless— (a) the issue is subscribed for in full; or (b) the offer is made on terms that the shares...

(1) If an allotment of shares is made to an applicant in contravention of section354, the applicant has a right to avoid the allotment at any time within one month after the date of the allotment, but...

(1) A company shall not allot its shares at a discount. (2) If shares are allotted in contravention of subsection (1), the allottee is liable to pay the company an amount equal to the amount of the...

A company may, if authorised to do so by its articles, pay dividends in proportion to the amount paid up on each share.

Shares allotted by a company, and any premium on them, may be paid up in money or in money's worth (including goodwill and know-how).

For the purposes of this Act, a share in a company is paid up, as to its nominal value or any premium on it, in cash, or allotted for cash, if the consideration received for the payment or allotment...

(1) A subscriber to the memorandum of a public company who takes shares of the company as a result of an undertaking given in the memorandum shall pay for the shares, and any premium on the shares, in...

(1) A public company shall not accept at any time, in payment up of its shares or any premium on them, an undertaking given by a person that the person or another person should work or perform...

(1) A public company shall not allot a share except as paid up at least as toone-quarter of its nominal value and the whole of any premium on it. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to shares allotted...

(1) A public company shall not allot shares as fully or partly paid up as to their nominal value or any premium on them otherwise than in cash if the consideration for the allotment is or includes an...

(1) Except as provided by subsection (2), a person who becomes a holder of shares in respect of which— (a) there has been a contravention of a provision of this Division; and (b) because of that...

(1) This section applies in relation to liability under section 360(2), 362(3) or (4) or 366 as it applies in relation to a contravention of those sections. (2) A person who— (a) is subject to any...

If a company contravenes a provision of section 356, 361, 362 or 362, the company, and each officer of the company who is in default, commits an offence and on conviction are each liable to a fine not...