United Kingdom register of membersproper purpose

Aviva plc v Litani LLC

[2025] EWHC 3134 (Ch)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court of Justice, Chancery Division (England and Wales)

Year2025

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A section 116 Companies Act 2006 request for the register of members made in order to put a 'mini-tender' offer to shareholders is for a proper purpose; to refuse it the company must show the purpose is genuinely exploitative, abusive or unscrupulous, not merely commercial or disadvantageous to shareholders.

Area of Law

General

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