SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 16Venture capital schemes etc

Part 3Excluded activities: receipt of royalties and licence fees

Corporate venturing scheme

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1

Paragraph 29 of Schedule 15 to FA 2000 is amended as follows.

2

In sub-paragraph (3), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

a

by the issuing company, or

b

by a company which was a qualifying subsidiary of the issuing company throughout a period during which it created the whole or greater part (in terms of value) of the intangible asset.

3

After sub-paragraph (6) insert—

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If—

a

the issuing company acquired all the shares (“old shares”) in another company (“the old company”) at a time when the only shares issued in the issuing company were subscriber shares, and

b

the consideration for the old shares consisted wholly of the issue of shares in the issuing company,

references in sub-paragraph (3) to the issuing company include the old company.

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In paragraph 86(2) (substitution of new shares for old shares), after “Schedule”, in the first place it occurs, insert “ ;(except paragraph 29(7)) ”.