SCHEDULES

F1SCHEDULE 13EDisclosures about related undertakings

Annotations:

PART 1Societies not required to prepare consolidated group accounts

Construction of references to shares held by society

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1

References in this Part of this Schedule to shares held by a society shall be construed as follows.

2

For the purposes of paragraphs 2 and 3—

a

shares held by a subsidiary undertaking, or by a person acting on behalf of the society or a subsidiary undertaking, are treated as if they were held by the society; but

b

shares held on behalf of a person other than the society or a subsidiary undertaking are not treated as if they were held by the society.

3

For the purposes of paragraphs 5 to 7—

a

shares held on behalf of a society by any person are treated as if they were held by the society; but

b

shares held on behalf of a person other than the society are not treated as if they were held by the society.

4

For the purposes of paragraphs 2 to 7, shares held by way of security shall be treated as if they were held by the person providing the security where—

a

apart from the right to exercise them for the purposes of preserving the value of the security, or of realising it, the rights attached to the shares are exercisable only in accordance with his instructions; and

b

the shares are held in connection with the granting of loans as part of normal business activities and apart from the right to exercise them for the purpose of preserving the value of the security, or of realising it, the rights attached to the shares are exercisable only in his interests.