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Re Hellenic & General Trust Ltd

[1976] 1 WLR 123; [1975] 3 All ER 382
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice, Chancery Division (England and Wales)
Year1975
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

For a scheme of arrangement, members whose interests are so dissimilar that they cannot consult together with a view to their common interest must be placed in separate classes; a shareholder allied to the offeror should not vote in the same class as the outside shareholders.

Area of Law

c

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