Submission on the Companies (Clarification of Dividend Rules in Companies) Amendment Bill

Introduction The explanatory note accompanying the (private member’s) Bill states that: there is currently doubt about the ability of a company constitution to provide for ‘dry shares’ (shares which do not carry dividend rights in prescribed circumstances); and the classic example is shares in a co-operative where the holder ceases supplying the co-operative. However, the … Continue reading Submission on the Companies (Clarification of Dividend Rules in Companies) Amendment Bill