Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

445 Duty to notify conversions of shares

(1) Subsection (2) applies if—

(a) a person has provided an individual with convertible shares in a company, or an interest in such shares,

(b) those shares are subsequently converted into shares of a different class, and

(c) the circumstances are such that the conversion results or may result in an amount counting as employment income of that individual under section 438 (charge on conversion of shares).

(2) Each of the following persons—

(a) the person who provided the shares or interest, and

(b) the employer company,

must provide the Inland Revenue with particulars in writing of the shares and their conversion.

(3) The particulars must be provided before 7th July in the tax year following that in which the conversion takes place.