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Corporation Tax Act 2010

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724A Disregard of change in parent company

(1) Where a new company (“N”) acquires all the issued share capital of another company (“C”), the resulting ownership change is disregarded for the purposes of Chapters 2 to 6 if, immediately after that acquisition (“the acquisition”), N— (a) possesses all of the voting power in C, (b) is beneficially entitled to 100% of any profits available for distribution to equity holders of C, (c) would be beneficially entitled to 100% of any assets of C available for distribution to its equity holders in the event of a winding up of C or in any other circumstances, and (d) meets the continuity requirements. (2) “The resulting ownership change” means the change in the ownership of C by reason of Condition A in section 719 being met in relation to the acquisition. (3) A company is “new” if, before the acquisition, it has neither— (a) issued any shares other than subscriber shares, nor (b) begun to carry on any trade or business. (4) N meets the continuity requirements if, and only if— (a) the consideration for the acquisition consists only of the issue of shares in N to the shareholders of C, (b) immediately after the acquisition, each person who immediately before the acquisition was a shareholder of C is a shareholder of N, (c) immediately after the acquisition, the shares in N are of the same classes as were the shares in C immediately before the acquisition, (d) immediately after the acquisition, the number of shares of any particular class in N bears to all the shares in N the same proportion, or as nearly as may be the same proportion, as the number of shares of that class in C bore to all the shares in C immediately before the acquisition, and (e) immediately after the acquisition, the proportion of shares of any particular class in N held by any particular shareholder is the same, or as nearly as may be the same, as the proportion of shares of that class in C held by that shareholder immediately before the acquisition. (5) For the purposes of this section, N is treated as acquiring all the issued share capital of C for consideration consisting only of the issue of shares in N to the shareholders of C if, as a result of a scheme of reconstruction involving the cancellation of all shares in C and the issue of shares in N— (a) N holds all the issued share capital of C by reason of that share capital being issued to N by C, and (b) only shares in N are issued to the persons who were shareholders of C immediately before the shares in C were cancelled. (6) In a case within subsection (5), subsection (4) applies as if any reference to immediately before the acquisition were a reference to immediately before the shares in C were cancelled. (7) “Scheme of reconstruction” means a scheme carried out in pursuance of a compromise or arrangement— (a) to which Part 26 or 26A of the Companies Act 2006 (arrangements and reconstructions) applies, or (b) under any corresponding provision of the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom. (8) Chapter 6 of Part 5 (equity holders and profits or assets available for distribution) applies for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) and (c) as it applies for the purposes of section 151(4).

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724A Disregard of change in parent company

(1) Where a new company (“N”) acquires all the issued share capital of another company (“C”), the resulting ownership change is disregarded for the purposes of Chapters 2 to 6 if, immediately after that acquisition (“the acquisition”), N— (a) possesses all of the voting power in C, (b) is beneficially entitled to 100% of any profits available for distribution to equity holders of C, (c) would be beneficially entitled to 100% of any assets of C available for distribution to its equity holders in the event of a winding up of C or in any other circumstances, and (d) meets the continuity requirements. (2) “The resulting ownership change” means the change in the ownership of C by reason of Condition A in section 719 being met in relation to the acquisition. (3) A company is “new” if, before the acquisition, it has neither— (a) issued any shares other than subscriber shares, nor (b) begun to carry on any trade or business. (4) N meets the continuity requirements if, and only if— (a) the consideration for the acquisition consists only of the issue of shares in N to the shareholders of C, (b) immediately after the acquisition, each person who immediately before the acquisition was a shareholder of C is a shareholder of N, (c) immediately after the acquisition, the shares in N are of the same classes as were the shares in C immediately before the acquisition, (d) immediately after the acquisition, the number of shares of any particular class in N bears to all the shares in N the same proportion, or as nearly as may be the same proportion, as the number of shares of that class in C bore to all the shares in C immediately before the acquisition, and (e) immediately after the acquisition, the proportion of shares of any particular class in N held by any particular shareholder is the same, or as nearly as may be the same, as the proportion of shares of that class in C held by that shareholder immediately before the acquisition. (5) For the purposes of this section, N is treated as acquiring all the issued share capital of C for consideration consisting only of the issue of shares in N to the shareholders of C if, as a result of a scheme of reconstruction involving the cancellation of all shares in C and the issue of shares in N— (a) N holds all the issued share capital of C by reason of that share capital being issued to N by C, and (b) only shares in N are issued to the persons who were shareholders of C immediately before the shares in C were cancelled. (6) In a case within subsection (5), subsection (4) applies as if any reference to immediately before the acquisition were a reference to immediately before the shares in C were cancelled. (7) “Scheme of reconstruction” means a scheme carried out in pursuance of a compromise or arrangement— (a) to which Part 26 or 26A of the Companies Act 2006 (arrangements and reconstructions) applies, or (b) under any corresponding provision of the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom. (8) Chapter 6 of Part 5 (equity holders and profits or assets available for distribution) applies for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) and (c) as it applies for the purposes of section 151(4).

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