TY - BOOK AU - Roberts,Catherine TI - Financial assistance for the acquisition of shares SN - 0199285691 (alk. paper) PY - 2005/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Corporations KW - Finance KW - Law and legislation KW - United Kingdom KW - Stocks KW - Loans N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Statutory history of financial assistance-companies acts 1928-1980 -- Financial assistance and the Companies Act 1981 -- Structure of the financial assistance provisions in the Companies Act 1985 -- Proposals for reform of the law relating to financial assistance -- Sections 151 to 158 of the Companies Act 1985 -- The prohibition of financial assistance -- Exemptions from the prohibition : section 153 of the Companies Act 1985 -- Exemption for solvent private companies : sections 155-158 of the Companies Act 1985 -- Application by dissenting members to cancel a special resolution approving financial assistance -- The consequences of a breach of section 151 of the Companies Act 1985 -- Case law concerning financial assistance UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0519/2005027007.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0640/2005027007-d.html ER -