UK Corporate Solicitor for Share Buyback

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We are looking for a UK corporate solicitor or experienced UK company-law professional to prepare a simple Companies Act 2006 compliant share buyback document pack for a private limited company. The company is a UK private company limited by shares with three individual shareholders, each holding one ordinary share. The company intends to buy back one shareholder’s single ordinary share and cancel it, leaving the two remaining shareholders owning 50/50. The buyback will likely be funded by shareholder loans from one of the two remaining shareholders, so we also need simple shareholder loan documentation. Scope of work Please prepare the full legal document pack, including:  1.⁠ ⁠Board minutes approving the proposed transaction  2.⁠ ⁠Share buyback agreement / off-market purchase contract  3.⁠ ⁠Shareholder ordinary resolution approving the buyback contract  4.⁠ ⁠Completion board minutes  5.⁠ ⁠A simple shareholder loan agreement  6.⁠ ⁠A resignation letter / director resignation documentation, if required  7.⁠ ⁠SH03 return of purchase of own shares  8.⁠ ⁠SH06 notice of cancellation of shares  9.⁠ ⁠TM01, if required 10.⁠ ⁠PSC/register update instructions 11.⁠ ⁠Guidance on Companies House and stamp duty filing sequence Important details •⁠ ⁠UK private limited company •⁠ ⁠Three ordinary shares currently in issue •⁠ ⁠One shareholder exiting •⁠ ⁠Company to buy back and cancel the exiting shareholder’s one share •⁠ ⁠Two remaining shareholders to own 50/50 afterwards •⁠ ⁠Funding expected to come from shareholder loans to the company •⁠ ⁠We want a practical, clean, low-complexity document pack

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Corporate Law
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