Correspondence concerning amalgamation with McDougall & Robertson Ltd

24 September, 1925. Liverpool, James W Milne, of Cooper Brother & Co, to A R Chamberlayne, of Chamberlayne, Keene & Co, Pall Mall, headed "Chemical Merger" [2 sheets], referring to the writing up of assets.

24 September, 1925. Liverpool, James W Milne, of Cooper Brother & Co, to A R Chamberlayne, of Chamberlayne, Keene & Co, Pall Mall, headed "Chemical Merger" [5 sheets], referring to "the question of a Supplementary Agreement for the various sums to be paid to Sir Richard Cooper."

24 September, 1925. Liverpool, James W Milne, of Cooper Brother & Co, to A R Chamberlayne, of Chamberlayne, Keene & Co, Pall Mall, headed "Chemical Merger" [1 sheet], referring to "the figures required for Clause 19 of the Draft Agreement."

24 September, 1925. Yalding, W F Stiff, Managing Director, McDougall & Yalding Ltd, to A R Chamberlayne, headed "Amalgamation" [1 sheet], briefly noting that "Mr Rylands and Mr Longcroft have also discussed the question of the figures to be filled in in Clause 19" and will be "writing to you in due course."

24 September, 1925. Manchester, Boote, Edgar & Rylands, to Messrs Chamberlayne, Keene & Co, headed "McDougall & Kynoch" [1 sheet], beginning: "We are taking Opinion of Counsel on behalf of Messrs McDougall & Robertson Limited with reference to their rights under an Agreement for the carrying on of Kynoch & McDougall (South Africa) Limited...."

24 September, 1925. Carlton Gardens, London, R A Cooper to A R Chamberlayne [1 sheet], requesting advice: "I should like to allot something more than the fair proportion of the Bonus Shares to me and my family to my three boys instead of to myself ... to thereby unload a little of my estate in the hope that it will be effective in case of my death before 3 years pass and that the extra shares so transferred would not rank as part of my estate for probate."

24 September, 1925. Broad Street Place, London, R G Longcroft, of Longcroft, Smith & Co (Chartered Accountants) to A R Chamberlayne, headed "Chemical Merger" [2 sheets], referring to various points in the Agreement.

25 September, 1925. Carlton Gardens, London, L E Sykes to A R Chamberlayne [ 1 sheet], requesting his presence at "a Meeting to consider the points at present under consideration by the Legal and Financial advisers in connection with the completion of the Amalgamation, particularly as regards the question of avoiding taxation as far as we reasonably can."

1925

1 file 14 sheets.