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(1)For the purposes of this section and sections 182 and 183 companies are linked companies if they are members of the same group or are associated with each other; and for the purposes of this section—
(a)“group” means a company which has one or more 51 per cent. subsidiaries together with that subsidiary or those subsidiaries (section 838 (meaning of 51 per cent. subsidiary) of the Taxes Act having effect for the purposes of this paragraph as for those of the Tax Acts), and
(b)2 companies are associated with each other if one controls the other or both are under the control of the same person or persons (section 416(2) to (6) (meaning of control) of the Taxes Act having effect for the purposes of this paragraph as for those of Part XI of that Act).
(2)Where a disposal of a holding of shares follows one or more disposals of the same holding to which section [F1140A,] 171(1) or 172 applied, section 183(3) to (5) shall have effect as if the references to the company making the disposal were references to the company which last acquired the asset otherwise than on a disposal to which [F1one] of those sections applied.
(3)In section 183 “ ” means shares in a company which are described as such in the terms of their issue or which fulfil the condition in paragraph (a) below and either or both of the conditions in paragraphs (b) and (c) below—
(a)that, as against other shares in the company, they carry a preferential entitlement to a dividend or to any assets in a winding up or both;
(b)that, by virtue of the terms of their issue, the exercise of a right by any person or the existence of any arrangements, they are liable to be redeemed, cancelled or repaid, in whole or in part;
(c)that, by virtue of any arrangements—
(i)to which the company which issued the shares is a party, or
(ii)where that company and another company are linked companies at the time of the issue, to which that other company is a party,
the holder has a right to require another person to acquire the shares or is obliged in any circumstances to dispose of them or another person has a right or is in any circumstances obliged to acquire them;
and for the purposes of paragraph (a) above shares are to be treated as carrying a preferential entitlement to a dividend as against other shares if, by virtue of any arrangements, there are circumstances in which a minimum dividend will be payable on those shares but not on others.
(4)In sections 182 and 183 the expressions “reorganisation”, “ ” and “new holding” have the meanings given by section 126 except that, in a case where sections 127 and 128 apply in circumstances other than a reorganisation (within the meaning of section 126) by virtue of any other provision of Chapter II of Part IV those expressions shall be construed as they fall to be construed in sections 127 and 128 as they so apply.
(5)In this section and sections 182 and 183—
“holding”, in relation to shares, means a number of shares which are to be regarded for the purposes of this Act as indistinguishab1e parts of a single asset,
“security” has the same meaning as in section 132.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 184(2) inserted (retrosp.) by 1992 c. 48, s. 46(1)(7)(a)(b)
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