Textual Amendments
F1Sch. ZA1 inserted (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 1 (with ss. 2(2), 5(2), 12)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. ZA1 modified (temp.) (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 4 para. 6(1)(c) (with ss. 2(2), 5(2), Sch. 4 para. 1)
C2Sch. ZA1 modified (temp.) (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 4 para. 7(b) (with ss. 2(2), 5(2), Sch. 4 para. 1)
13(1)A company is excluded from being eligible if, on the filing date—
(a)it is a party to an agreement which is or forms part of a capital market arrangement (see sub-paragraph (2)),
(b)a party has incurred, or when the agreement was entered into was expected to incur, a debt of at least £10 million under the arrangement (at any time during the life of the capital market arrangement), and
(c)the arrangement involves the issue of a capital market investment (see paragraph 14).
(2)For the purposes of this paragraph, an arrangement is a “capital market arrangement” if any of the following applies—
(a)it involves a grant of security to a person holding it as trustee for a person who holds a capital market investment issued by a party to the arrangement;
(b)at least one party guarantees the performance of obligations of another party;
(c)at least one party provides security in respect of the performance of obligations of another party;
(d)the arrangement involves an investment of a kind described in articles 83 to 85 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/544) (options, futures and contracts for differences).
(3)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)—
(a)a reference to holding a security as trustee includes a reference to holding it as nominee or agent,
(b)a reference to holding for a person who holds a capital market investment includes a reference to holding for a number of persons at least one of whom holds a capital market investment, and
(c)a reference to holding a capital market investment is to holding a legal or beneficial interest in it.
(4)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b), where a debt is denominated wholly or partly in a foreign currency, the sterling equivalent is to be calculated as at the time when the arrangement is entered into.]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3Sch. ZA1 para. 13 modified (E.W.S.) (26.11.2020) by The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Liability for Wrongful Trading and Extension of the Relevant Period) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1349), regs. 1, 2(5)(a)