SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Transitionals and savings

Part 8Venture capital trusts

The gross assets requirement

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1

For the purpose of determining whether shares or securities are to be regarded as comprised in a company's qualifying holdings, section 297 applies in relation to shares or securities issued on or after 6 April 1998 and before 6 April 2006 with the substitution in subsections (1) and (2)—

a

of “£15 million” for “£7 million”, and

b

of “£16 million” for “£8 million”.

2

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) any shares or securities acquired by a company at any time by means of the investment of—

a

money raised by the issue before 6 April 2006 of shares in or securities of the investing company, or

b

money derived from the investment by that company of any such money,

are treated as having been issued before 6 April 2006.

3

For the purpose of determining whether shares or securities are to be regarded as comprised in a company's qualifying holdings, section 297 applies in relation to shares or securities issued before 6 April 1998 with the substitution in subsections (1) and (2)—

a

of “£10 million” for “£7 million”, and

b

of “£11 million” for “£8 million”.