F1SCHEDULE 7ACExemptions for disposals by companies with substantial shareholding
Part 2The substantial shareholding requirement
Effect in relation to company invested in of earlier demerger
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(1)
This paragraph applies where shares in one company (“the subsidiary”) are transferred by another company (“the parent company”) on a demerger.
(2)
Where the subsidiary—
(a)
is the company invested in, and is accordingly the company by reference to which the requirement of paragraph 7 (the substantial shareholding requirement) falls to be met, or
(b)
is a company by reference to which, by virtue of this paragraph, that requirement may be met, or
(c)
is a company by reference to which, by virtue of paragraph 14 (effect of earlier company reconstruction etc), that requirement may be met,
that requirement may instead be met, in relation to times before the transfer, by reference to the parent company.
(3)
If in any case that requirement can be met by virtue of this paragraph (or by virtue of this paragraph together with paragraph 14), it shall be treated as met.
(4)
In this paragraph a “transfer of shares on a demerger” means a transfer such that, by virtue of section 192(2)(b), sections 126 to 130 apply as if the parent company and the subsidiary were the same company and the transfer were a reorganisation of that company’s share capital not involving a disposal or acquisition.