Company Law Reform Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 483M:"Page 342, line 26, at end insert—" ““ 1. Any statement of capital and initial shareholdings.”” The noble Lord said: My Lords, in moving government Amendment No. 483M, I shall speak also to Amendments Nos. 483N to 483U. As noble Lords may be aware, the EC company law directives impose obligations on the registrar to publish various matters in the Gazette or an equivalent. The Bill changes the law on how companies are required to set out details of their share capital. This means that some ““statements of capital”” are subject to directive disclosure requirements. The additions to Clause 699 reflect that. These amendments are required to enable us to fulfil our obligations under EC law and I therefore trust that noble Lords will have no objections. I beg to move. On Question, amendment agreed to.