Singapore: Court of Appeal considers the prohibition against a company acquiring its own shares

The Court of Appeal gave judgment a few days ago in The Enterprise Fund III Ltd and others v OUE Lippo Healthcare Ltd (formerly known as International Healthway Corp Ltd) [2019] SGCA 48: see here (pdf). The decision is important as it has become the leading authority on the prohibition, within sections 76 and 76A of the Companies Act (Cap 50, 2006 Rev Ed), against a company acquiring its own shares. Amongst the specific matters considered by the court were the breadth of an indirect acquisition (under section 76(1A)(a)(i)) and the scope of the saving provision (in section 76A(1A)) for a disposition of book-entry securities.