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Corporation Tax Act 2010

Corporation Tax Act 2010

2010 CHAPTER 4

Introduction

Part 23: Company distributions

Chapter 3: Matters which are not distributions
Section 1037: Requirement as to reduction of seller’s interest as shareholder

3058.This section is the first of two that place conditions on the seller’s interest in the company after the purchase by the company of its own shares. It is based on section 221(1), (2), (3) and (4) of ICTA.

3059.The seller’s shareholding in the company must be reduced to no more than 75% of what it was before the company’s purchase of its own shares took place. For this purpose, the shareholdings of the seller and any shareholdings of the seller’s associates are looked at as one. The meaning of “associate” is provided by sections 1059 to 1061.

3060.The section is qualified generally by sections 1038 and 1043, and by sections 1039 to 1042 if the company making the purchase is a member of a group.

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