Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill — Report (and remaining stages) — Amendment 45 — 23 Jun 2020 at 18:15

Moved by Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

45: After Clause 17, insert the following new Clause-“Review of pre-pack transactionsIn Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986, after paragraph 74 insert-“Review of pre-pack transactions(1) The assets of a company may not be transferred under the terms of a pre-pack transaction unless the proposed purchaser has obtained an opinion in writing from a member of the pre-pack pool that the transaction is not unreasonable.(2) In this paragraph, a “pre-pack transaction” means a transaction which is negotiated before a company enters administration, and under which all or a substantial part of the company’s assets are sold to an associate on or shortly after the appointment of an administrator.(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), “associate” has the meaning given in section 435 of the Insolvency Act 1986.””Member’s explanatory statementThis new Clause requires a positive opinion to be obtained from a member of the pre-pack pool before a company enters into a pre-pack transaction. The pre-pack pool is an independent body of experienced business people set up in response to the recommendations of Teresa Graham’s report.

Ayes 155, Noes 326.

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