SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Approved SAYE option schemes

Part 5Requirement for linked savings F12arrangement

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Amendments (Textual)
F12

Word in Sch. 3 Pt. 5 heading substituted (6.4.2005) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 1 para. 618(5)(a) (with Sch. 2)

Requirements as to linked savings F4arrangement : introduction

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F4

Word in Sch. 3 para. 23 heading substituted (6.4.2005) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 1 para. 618(5)(a) (with Sch. 2)

23

An SAYE option scheme must meet the requirements of—

  • paragraph 24 (payments for shares to be linked to approved F13savings arrangements), and

  • paragraph 25 (requirements as to contributions to F13savings arrangements).

Payments for shares to be linked to approved savings F1arrangements

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F1

Word in Sch. 3 para. 24 heading substituted (6.4.2005) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 1 para. 618(6)(a) (with Sch. 2)

24

1

The scheme must provide for shares acquired by the exercise of share options granted under the scheme to be paid for with money not exceeding the amount of repayments made and any interest paid under a F5certified SAYE savings arrangement which has been approved by F14an officer of Revenue and Customs for the purposes of this Schedule F6(“the approved savings arrangement”).

F72

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Requirements as to contributions to savings F2arrangements

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F2

Word in Sch. 3 para. 25 heading substituted (6.4.2005) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 1 para. 618(8)(a) (with Sch. 2)

25

1

The scheme must provide for a person’s contributions under the F9the approved savings arrangement to be of an amount that will secure, as nearly as possible, repayment of an amount equal to the option price.

2

The “option price” means the amount payable, on exercising share options granted under the scheme, in order to acquire the maximum number of shares that may be acquired under them (see paragraph 28).

3

The scheme must neither—

a

permit the aggregate amount of a person’s contributions under F8certified SAYE savings arrangements linked to approved SAYE option schemes to exceed £250 per month, nor

b

impose a minimum on the amount of a person’s contributions which exceeds £10 per month.

4

The Treasury may by order amend sub-paragraph (3) by substituting for any amount for the time being specified there an amount specified in the order.

Repayments under a savings F3arrangement : whether bonuses included

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Amendments (Textual)
F3

Word in Sch. 3 para. 26 heading substituted (6.4.2005) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 1 para. 618(9)(a) (with Sch. 2)

26

1

For the purposes of this Schedule repayments under a F10certified SAYE savings arrangement may be taken as including, or as not including, a bonus.

2

The bonus may either be the maximum bonus under that F11arrangement or a lesser bonus.

3

An SAYE option scheme must require the question whether repayments are to be taken as including bonuses to be determined at the time when share options are granted.