Waiver of pre-emption rights: share issue

This waiver is for a shareholder to waive pre-emption rights which would otherwise apply in relation to a proposed issue of new shares by the company.

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When do I use this document?

  • when a shareholder waives pre-emption rights on the proposed issue of shares by the company
  • when the shareholder agrees to waive its first refusal rights under either the company’s Articles of Association or Shareholders Agreement

What are the key features?

  • different forms of waiver, depending on whether the waiving shareholder is an individual or a company
  • optional wording based on whether the pre-emption rights are in the Articles of Association or Shareholders Agreement
  • waiver in the form of a Deed

What else do I need to know?

Shareholders may have pre-emption rights on a proposed allotment of new shares by the company.  These rights act as a right of first refusal, allowing existing shareholders to acquire shares before they can be issued to someone else, whether to other existing shareholders or to new investors.

The rights are typically contained in either the company’s Shareholders Agreement, Articles of Association, or both.  The provisions may specify that the pre-emptive rights can be waived either by individual shareholders or by shareholders holding a specified percentage of the total share capital.  

What other documents are available?

For a deed of waiver of pre-emption rights on a proposed transfer of existing shares, see

When do I use this document?

  • secured loan agreement for a secured loan of a fixed amount to be drawn in a single advance
  • for a borrower which is a company incorporated in England and Wales
  • for a loan repayable on a single repayment date or in instalments

What are the key features?

  • easy to edit, with 21 clauses over 13 pages
  • single advance of specified loan amount
  • regular interest payments at either fixed or floating interest rate by reference to specified bank’s base rate of interest
  • repayment either on a single repayment date or in instalments
  • undertakings from the borrower, including to provide information to the lender and prohibition on granting security and additional borrowings
  • events of default, including a failure by the borrower to repay the loan or interest, leading to the lender having the right to demand immediate repayment

What else do I need to know?

The security would need to be created and governed by a separate security document between the borrower and the lender, depending on the nature of the secured property or assets.  Examples of security documents include:

  • a charge over property
  • a charge over shares
  • a debenture, containing fixed and floating charges over all of the borrower’s assets and undertaking

What other documents are available?

For a form of unsecured loan document, see

For forms of unsecured and secured facility agreements, for advances of loans in several lump sums, see

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Updated by a lawyer on 22/08/2024

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