Part 14Change in company ownership

Chapter 7Meaning of “change in the ownership of a company”

Meaning of “change in the ownership of a company”

722When things other than ordinary share capital may be taken into account: Chapter 6

1

This section applies for the purposes of Chapter 6 if conditions A and B are met.

2

Condition A is that persons (whether company members or not) possess extraordinary rights or powers under any document regulating a company.

3

Condition B is that because of that fact ownership of the ordinary share capital may not be an appropriate test of whether there has been a change in the ownership of the company.

4

In determining whether there has been a change in the ownership of the company for the purposes of Chapter 6, any of the following may be taken into account instead of ordinary share capital—

a

holdings of all kinds of share capital,

b

holdings of any particular kind of share capital,

c

voting power, and

d

any other kind of special power.