Companies (Amendment) Act, 1999

Amendment of section 110 of Act of 1990.

4.—Section 110 of the Act of 1990 is hereby amended by the insertion of the following after subsection (2):

“(2A) A person shall be regarded as having entered in good faith into a transaction to which subsection (2)(b) relates, if such person enters in good faith into—

(a) negotiations with a view to entering an agreement to which paragraph (b) or (c) would relate, or

(b) an agreement to underwrite securities, or

(c) an agreement, in advance of dealing facilities being provided by a recognised stock exchange for securities, to acquire or subscribe for a specified number of those securities, or

(d) a transaction in accordance with such person's obligations under an agreement to which paragraph (b) or (c) relates.”.