{"id":11219,"date":"2023-12-26T13:01:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T13:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qualitycompanyformations.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11219"},"modified":"2024-09-15T15:12:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T14:12:46","slug":"what-are-treasury-shares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qualitycompanyformations.co.uk\/blog\/what-are-treasury-shares\/","title":{"rendered":"What are treasury shares?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Treasury shares are issued shares that a company has repurchased from its shareholders and chosen to retain \u2018in treasury\u2019, instead of immediately cancelling them after the share buyback procedure. There are several reasons why companies hold treasury shares, which we discuss in this post. We also explain the procedure and administrative requirements involved with company shares held in treasury.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Holding shares in treasury<\/h3>\n

Before 1 December 2003, UK companies were obliged to cancel any shares that they bought back from their shareholders. However, the Companies Act 2006 (part 18, chapter 6)<\/a> now allows both private and public companies to make a purchase of their own shares and subsequently hold them \u2018in treasury\u2019 to sell or transfer at a later date.<\/p>\n

Subject to the company’s articles of association, treasury shares can be held indefinitely and cancelled at any time at the company\u2019s discretion. They are still classed as issued share capital and retain the same nominal value, but the rights attached to the shares are suspended because companies cannot hold rights in themselves.<\/p>\n

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This means that, whilst a company is entered in its own register of members as the holder of the treasury shares, it cannot exercise any rights in respect of those shares, such as:<\/p>\n