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Corporation Tax Act 2010

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1051 “Bonus share capital” and “in lieu of a cash dividend”

(1) In sections 1049 and 1050 “bonus share capital” means— (a) share capital issued otherwise than wholly for new consideration, or (b) the part (if there is such a part) of any share capital so issued that is not properly referable to new consideration. (2) For the purposes of section 1049(1)(a) share capital is issued by a company in lieu of a cash dividend if— (a) it is issued in consequence of the exercise by a person of an option conferred on the person, and (b) that option is an option to receive, in respect of shares in the company, either a dividend in cash or additional share capital. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), an option to receive either a dividend in cash or additional share capital is conferred on a person not only— (a) if the person is required to choose one or the other, but also (b) if the person is offered the one subject to a right, however expressed, to choose the other instead. (4) The reference in subsection (2) to a person's exercise of an option includes a person's abandonment of, or failure to exercise, a right such as is mentioned in subsection (3)(b).

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1051 “Bonus share capital” and “in lieu of a cash dividend”

(1) In sections 1049 and 1050 “bonus share capital” means— (a) share capital issued otherwise than wholly for new consideration, or (b) the part (if there is such a part) of any share capital so issued that is not properly referable to new consideration. (2) For the purposes of section 1049(1)(a) share capital is issued by a company in lieu of a cash dividend if— (a) it is issued in consequence of the exercise by a person of an option conferred on the person, and (b) that option is an option to receive, in respect of shares in the company, either a dividend in cash or additional share capital. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), an option to receive either a dividend in cash or additional share capital is conferred on a person not only— (a) if the person is required to choose one or the other, but also (b) if the person is offered the one subject to a right, however expressed, to choose the other instead. (4) The reference in subsection (2) to a person's exercise of an option includes a person's abandonment of, or failure to exercise, a right such as is mentioned in subsection (3)(b).

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