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This pages contains reports published either by the Department or by other organisations relating to Corporate Law & Governance. Copies of some of the reports are also available via our publications unit.
URN 06/42 Companies in 2005 - 2006
URN 05/42 Companies in 2004 - 2005
URN 04/42 Companies in 2003 - 2004
URN 03/42 Companies in 2002-2003: report for the year ended 31 March 2003
URN 01/41 Companies in 2000 - 2001
Deloitte Report on the impact of the Directors' Remuneration Report Regulations
Guide to the New Investigation Provisions Introduced by the CAICE Act 2004
Section 212 of the Companies Act 1985 gives a public company the power to investigate the ownership of its shares. Companies do this by sending a written notice (the 212 notice) to any person or company whom they have reasonable cause to believe has, or had, an "interest" (e.g. owns, controls or has certain rights over shares) in their relevant share capital at some time during the three years immediately preceding the date of issue of the 212 notice. The Companies Act does not specify a set format for such notices. However, the DTI is aware that there is a demand for some form of guidance as to what could usefully be included in these notices and has therefore produced a model (copy below) which companies can adapt for their own purposes. This has now been updated by the CA 2006 please see http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file36201.doc, page 9.
Companies act 1985: model 212 notice
The DTI prosecutes misconduct discovered in corporate or personal insolvencies. Official Receivers and liquidators report this conduct to us, and our lawyers then consider whether a criminal investigation should take place. The following statement describes DTI's pledge in the conduct of such prosecutions.