(1) Neither section 678 nor section 679 prohibits a transaction to which this section applies.
(2) Those transactions are -
(a) a distribution of the company's assets by way of -
(i) dividend lawfully made, or
(ii) distribution in the course of a company's winding up;
(b) an allotment of bonus shares;
(c) a reduction of capital under Chapter 10 of Part 17;
(d) a redemption of shares under Chapter 3 or a purchase of shares under Chapter 4 of this Part;
(e) anything done in pursuance of an order of the court under Part 26 or 26A (order sanctioning compromise or arrangement with members or creditors);
(f) anything done under an arrangement made in pursuance of section 110 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45) or Article 96 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19)) (liquidator in winding up accepting shares as consideration for sale of company's property);
(g) anything done under an arrangement made between a company and its creditors that is binding on the cr
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