articles of arrangement

[Slava]

Всем привет. Наконец-то наступил долгожданный понедельник и можно поработать как следует (это шутка такая).

Вот "у меня встал вопрос" (с) по поводу сабжа: что это вообще такое? Контекст - certificate of good standing, выданный компании на БВО (документ, знакомый многим). В нем регистратор компаний удостоверяет, помимо прочего, следующее:

пункт 5. "(the Company) has not filed articles of arrangement that have not yet become effective."

В форуме уже был мелькал такой же сабж в таком же точно контексте, но я почему-то сомневаюсь. :-(
Заранее спасибо.

[Natasha_777]

Ну вот на Прозе говорят, это форма Письменного соглашения (по-моему, оно иногда всего из нескольких строк состоит).

[Slava]

Наташа, спасибо. :-)

Я вот не поленился облазить интернет и нашел подходящее в данном контексте определение "arrangement" в том чреве, которое его породило - Business Companies Act Британских Виргинских Островов, раздел 177. Тут дофига всего написано, и задача переводчика заключается в том, чтобы передать все это одной фразой. :-)
"Соглашение" это, конечно, письменное, но просто "письменным соглашением" тут не отделаться, имхо.

177. (1) In this section, “arrangement” means

(a) an amendment to the memorandum or articles;

(b) a reorganisation or reconstruction of a company;

(c) a merger or consolidation of one or more companies that are companies registered under this Act with one or more other companies, if the surviving company or the consolidated company is a company incorporated under this Act;

(d) a separation of two or more businesses carried on by a company;

(e) any sale, transfer, exchange or other disposition of any part of the assets or business of a company to any person in exchange for shares, debt obligations or other securities of that other person, or money or other assets, or a combination thereof;

(f) any sale, transfer, exchange or other disposition of shares, debt obligations or other securities in a company held by the holders thereof for shares, debt obligations or other securities in the company or money or other property, or a combination thereof;

(g) a dissolution of a company; and

(h) any combination of any of the things specified in paragraphs (a) to

(g).

(2) If the directors of a company determine that it is in the best interests of the company or the creditors or members thereof, the directors of the company may approve a plan of arrangement that contains details of the proposed arrangement, even though the proposed arrangement may be authorised or permitted by any other provision of this Act or otherwise permitted.

(3) Upon approval of the plan of arrangement by the directors, the company shall make application to the Court for approval of the proposed arrangement.

(4) The Court may, upon an application made to it under subsection (3), make an interim or a final order that is not subject to an appeal unless a question of law is involved and in which case notice of appeal shall be given within the period of twenty days immediately following the date of the order, and in making the order the Court may

(a) determine what notice, if any, of the proposed arrangement is to be given to any person;

(b) determine whether approval of the proposed arrangement by any person should be obtained and the manner of obtaining the approval;

(c) determine whether any holder of shares, debt obligations or other securities in the company may dissent from the proposed arrangement and receive payment of the fair value of his shares, debt obligations or other securities under section 179;

(d) conduct a hearing and permit any interested person to appear; and

(e) approve or reject the plan of arrangement as proposed or with such amendments as it may direct.

(5) Where the Court makes an order approving a plan of arrangement, the directors of the company, if they are still desirous of executing the plan, shall confirm the plan of arrangement as approved by the Court whether or not the Court has directed any amendments to be made thereto.

(6) The directors of the company, upon confirming the plan of arrangement, shall

(a) give notice to the persons to whom the order of the Court requires notice to be given; and

(b) submit the plan of arrangement to those persons for such approval, if any, as the order of the Court requires.

(7) After the plan of arrangement has been approved by those persons by whom the order of the Court may require approval, articles of arrangement shall be executed by the company and shall contain

(a) the plan of arrangement;

(b) the order of the Court approving the plan of arrangement; and

(c) the manner in which the plan of arrangement was approved, if approval was required by the order of the Court.

(8) The articles of arrangement shall be filed with the Registrar who shall register them.

(9) Upon the registration of the articles of arrangement, the Registrar shall issue a certificate in the approved form certifying that the articles of arrangement have been registered.

(10) (Repealed)

(11) An arrangement is effective on the date the articles of arrangement are registered by the Registrar or on such date subsequent thereto, not exceeding thirty days, as is stated in the articles of arrangement.

[Slava]

В общем, предлагаю пока такой вариант - протокол о реорганизации (поскольку реорганизация у нас - широкое понятие и наверняка включает половину пунктов, которые идут в начале приведенного куска из Companies Act.

Жду критики и предложений (со стороны всегда все лучше видно).
:-)

[AnnaB]

с "реорганизацией" все хорошо, только пункты (e), (f), (g) не подпадают, как мне кажется (продажа активов, ликвидация)

[Slava]

Да, наверное, включу их тоже в перевод. А то нам все хочется как покороче, а покороче, наверное, нельзя. :-)
В любом случае, эта инфо из Companies Act полезная, потому что, похоже, окончательного варианта перевода этих articles нет, а тут есть от чего отталкиваться.

Спасибо! :-)