C2C1Part 17A company's share capital

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Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))

Chapter 7Share premiums

Relief from requirements as to share premiums

613Merger relief: meaning of 90% equity holding

1

The following provisions have effect to determine for the purposes of section 612 (merger relief) whether a company (“company A”) has secured at least a 90% equity holding in another company (“company B”) in pursuance of such an arrangement as is mentioned in subsection (1) of that section.

2

Company A has secured at least a 90% equity holding in company B if in consequence of an acquisition or cancellation of equity shares in company B (in pursuance of that arrangement) it holds equity shares in company B of an aggregate amount equal to 90% or more of the nominal value of that company's equity share capital.

3

For this purpose—

a

it is immaterial whether any of those shares were acquired in pursuance of the arrangement; and

b

shares in company B held by the company as treasury shares are excluded in determining the nominal value of company B's share capital.

4

Where the equity share capital of company B is divided into different classes of shares, company A is not regarded as having secured at least a 90% equity holding in company B unless the requirements of subsection (2) are met in relation to each of those classes of shares taken separately.

5

For the purposes of this section shares held by—

a

a company that is company A's holding company or subsidiary, or

b

a subsidiary of company A's holding company, or

c

its or their nominees,

are treated as held by company A.