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Equity capital markets (ECM)

Terms of preference shares

When issuing preference shares, a company must set out the rights of preference shareholders respect to the following in its constitution: • repayment of capital • participation in surplus assets and profits • cumulative or non-cumulative dividends • voting • priority of payment of capital and dividend in relation to …

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Due Diligence

Three simple ways to speed up legal due diligence

When a company undertakes a corporate exercise, the task of providing documents and information for due diligence is usually delegated to the management of the company. The following are three simple ways for the management of the company to speed up the due diligence exercise and make the process more …

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Company Law

CEO, CFO and COO are subject to directors’ duties

Directors’ duties are not limited to formally appointed directors. The definition of a “director” is not limited to a person who is formally appointed as a director. Whether a person is a director depends more on the person’s responsibilities than title. The definition of a “director” under section 2 of …

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Drafting

Use precedents wisely

Precedents are great. Lawyers don’t have to reinvent the wheel each time we draft legal documents when we have precedents. However, it doesn’t mean that we can just change the parties’ names and the signing pages for agreements when we use precedents. It doesn’t mean merely cutting and pasting clauses …

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Drafting

Three simple ways for clear drafting

1. Use headers to structure your content Let the readers know what the content is about by using headers. When the readers come to the end of a paragraph, the next header inform the readers that you are moving to the next point. 2. Use list and numbering I am …

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How to safeguard shareholders’ interest through shareholders’ agreement

When any sale and purchase of shares results in more than one shareholder in a company, the shareholders should enter into a shareholders’ agreement to set out their rights and obligations, no matter how amicable their relationships are. A minority shareholder and majority shareholder may consider including the following in …

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Due Diligence

“Explaining the “how” and “why” in legal due diligence

Legal due diligence could be an exercise of frustration at times. There may be tight deadlines sometimes, but the documents required for legal due diligence are not forthcoming from the target company. If the target company is going through the due diligence exercise for the first time, the team at …

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Drafting
Drafting

Make consequential amendments when amending drafts

Make consequential amendments when amending drafts. It seems obvious but sometimes the draftsperson forgets or misses out consequential amendments when amending draft documents. When amending draft agreement, circular or prospectus, you should also make amendments which are consequential to the amendments you are seeking to make. For example, if you …

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What does ESG mean for public listed companies?

One of the intended outcomes of the Malaysian Code of Corporate Governance (“𝐌𝐂𝐂𝐆”) is for companies to address sustainability risks and opportunities in an integrated and strategic manner to support their long-term strategy and success. To achieve the intended outcome, the MCCG sets out the practices which companies are expected …

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Equity capital markets (ECM)

Finding meaning in my work

My work doesn’t save lives. Nor does it change anyone’s life. I help corporations to raise funds through equity capital transactions. As PGF Capital Berhad (formerly known as Poly Glass Fibre (M) Berhad) (“𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲”) announced the completion of its rights issue of irredeemable convertible preference shares (“𝐈𝐂𝐏𝐒”), I am glad …

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