Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

General requirements for matching shares

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59(1)The plan must provide for the matching shares to be—

(a)shares of the same class and carrying the same rights as the partnership shares to which they relate;

(b)awarded on the same day as the partnership shares to which they relate are awarded; and

(c)awarded to all employees who participate in the award on exactly the same basis.

(2)Sub-paragraph (1) is subject to paragraph 32 (permitted restrictions: provision for forfeiture).