Where a person has lodged bearer shares with a custodian prior to the transition date but omitted to disapply paragraph 34A(2) of Schedule 2, what is the status of the bearer shares?

The bearer shares, by the operation of paragraph 35(5) of Schedule 2, would not be disabled by virtue of the fact that they were lodged with a custodian before the transition date. However, the company would not be able to issue bearer shares in the future or to convert/exchange bearer shares to/for registered shares without amending its memorandum to allow it to do so.