Part 23Company distributions

Chapter 5Demergers

Exempt distributions

1077Transfer by distributing company and issue of shares by transferee company

1

This section applies to a distribution which consists of both of the following—

a

the transfer by a company to one or more other companies (“the transferee company or companies”) of—

i

a trade or trades, or

ii

shares in one or more companies which are 75% subsidiaries of the company making the transfer, and

b

the issue of shares by the transferee company or companies to all or any of the members of the company making the transfer.

2

A distribution to which this section applies is an exempt distribution if—

a

each of conditions A to D in section 1081 and each of conditions G to K in section 1083 is met in respect of the distribution, and

b

if the company making the transfer is a 75% subsidiary of another company, conditions L and M in section 1085 are met in respect of the distribution.