SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2F1... share incentive plans

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Amendments (Textual)
F1

Word in Sch. 2 title omitted (6.4.2014) by virtue of Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 8 paras. 14, 89 (with Sch. 8 paras. 90-96)

Part 8Cash dividends and dividend shares

General requirements as to dividend shares

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F31

The plan must provide that dividend shares are to be shares—

a

which are in the same company and of the same class, and carry the same rights, as the shares in respect of which the dividend is paid, and

b

which are not subject to any provision for forfeiture.

F22

Dividend shares may (notwithstanding sub-paragraph (1)(b) if relevant) be subject to provision requiring dividend shares acquired on behalf of an employee to be offered for sale but only if the requirement of sub-paragraph (3) is met.

3

The consideration at which the shares are required to be offered for sale must be at least equal to—

a

the amount of the cash dividends applied in acquiring the shares on behalf of the employee, or

b

if lower, the market value of the shares at the time they are offered for sale.