RE: Share Premium Accounts25 Sep 2018 19:45
Capital reduction must take place to cancel the share premium account, so the nominal value must change from 5p to 1p, seams to be!
“That part of shareholders' funds (shown separately on the balance sheet) formed of the premium paid for new shares above their nominal value. It is a statutory reserve which forms part of a company's non-distributable reserves.
The provisions relating to the share premium account are set out in section 610 of the Companies Act 2006. Subject to the companies articles, the share premium account may be:
~ Used to pay up new shares to be allotted to members as fully paid bonus shares.
~ Reduced (or cancelled) by means of a reduction of capital. In accordance with article 3 of the Companies (Reduction of Share Capital) Order (SI 2008/1915), the reserve created on such reduction can be treated as a realised profit and, therefore, it may be distributed to shareholders or used to buy back shares.”