Part 7Employment income: income and exemptions relating to securities

F1Chapter 4AShares in research institution spin-out companies

Introduction

451Application of this Chapter

(1)

This Chapter applies where—

(a)

an agreement is made for one or more transfers of intellectual property (an “intellectual property agreement”) from one or more research institutions to a company (a “spin-out company”),

(b)

a person acquires shares (or an interest in shares) in the spin-out company before the intellectual property agreement is made or within the period of 183 days beginning with the date on which it is made,

(c)

the right or opportunity to acquire the shares (or interest in shares) was available by reason of employment by the research institution (or any of them) or by the spin-out company, and

(d)

the person is involved in research in relation to any of the intellectual property that is the subject of the intellectual property agreement.

(2)

But this Chapter does not apply if the avoidance of tax or national insurance is the main purpose (or one of the main purposes) of the arrangements under which the right or opportunity to acquire the shares (or interest in shares) is made available.