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(1)In section 265 "investment company" means a public company which has given notice in the prescribed form (which has not been revoked) to the registrar of companies of its intention to carry on business as an investment company, and has since the date of that notice complied with the requirements specified below.
(2)Those requirements are—
(a)that the business of the company consists of investing its funds mainly in securities, with the aim of spreading investment risk and giving members of the company the benefit of the results of the management of its funds,
(b)that none of the company's holdings in companies (other than those which are for the time being in investment companies) represents more than 15 per cent, by value of the investing company's investments,
(c)that distribution of the company's capital profits is prohibited by its memorandum or articles of association,
(d)that the company has not retained, otherwise than in compliance with this Part, in respect of any accounting reference period more than 15 per cent, of the income it derives from securities.
(3)Notice to the registrar of companies under subsection (1) may be revoked at any time by the company on giving notice in the prescribed form to the registrar that it no longer wishes to be an investment company within the meaning of this section; and, on giving such notice, the company ceases to be such a company.
(4)Section 359(2) and (3) of the [1970 c. 10.] Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 and section 93(6)(b) of the [1972 c. 41.] Finance Act 1972 apply for purposes of subsection (2)(b) as for those of section 359(1)(b) of the Act first mentioned.
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