Companies Act (Cap. 386)
Companies Act (Cap. 386), article 361
361. (1) The directors of the company to be divided and of
each of the recipient companies (h ereinafter referred to in thi s Part
as "the companies involved in a division") shall draw up draft terms
of division in writing.
(2) The draft terms of division shall specify the following:
(a) the status, name and registered office of each of the
companies involved in the division;
(b) the share exchange ratio and the amount of any cash
payment;
(c) the terms relating to the allotment of shares in each of
the recipient companies;
(d) the date from which the hol ding of such shares entitles
the holders to participate i n p r o f i t s a n d a n y s p e c i a l
conditions affecting that entitlement;
(e) the date from which the transactions of the company to
be divided shall be treated for accounting purposes as
being those of one or other of the recipient companies;
(f) the rights conferred by each of the recipient companies
on the holders of shares to which special rights are
attached and the holders of securities other than
shares, or the measures p roposed concerning them;
(g) any special advantage granted to the experts referred
to in article 364 and to t he directors of each of the
companies involved in the division;
(h) the precise and detailed description and allocation of
the assets, rights, liabilities and obligations to be
delivered to each of the recipient companies; and
(i) the allocation to the shareholders of the company to be
divided of shares in the recipient companies and the
criterion upon which such allocation is based.
(3) Where an asset is not allocated by the draft terms of
division and where the interpretation of these terms does not m ake
a decision on its allocation possible, the asset or the conside ration
therefor shall be allocated to all the recipient companies in
proportion to the sha re of the net assets allocated to each of those
companies under the draft terms of the division.
(4) Where a liability is not allocated by the draft terms of
division and where the interpretation of these terms does not m ake
a decision on its allocation possible, each of the recipient
companies shall be jointly a nd severally liable for it:
Provided that such joint and several liability shall be
limited to the net assets all ocated to each company.
(5) The draft terms of divisi on for each of the companies
involved in a division duly completed, shall be signed by at le ast
one director and the company secr etary of each of the companies
involved in the division, and forwarded to the Registrar by eac h
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company for registration, who being satisfied that the requirem ents
of the provisions of this article have been complied with, shal l
register them.
Approval by
extraordinary
resolution of
division.
Amended by:
IV . 2003.136;
XIX. 2010.44.
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