SCHEDULES

C1C2SCHEDULE 1Connected persons: references to an interest in shares or debentures

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C1

Sch. 1 applied (N.I.) (18.2.2011 for certain purposes, otherwise prosp.) by Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 12), ss. 57(2), 185, Sch. 5 para. 4(2); S.R. 2011/11, art. 2, Sch.

C2

Sch. 1 applied (E.W.) (14.3.2012) by Charities Act 2011 (c. 25), ss. 352(2), 355 (with s. 20(2), Sch. 8)

Right to exercise or control exercise of rights

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1

A person is taken to have an interest in shares if, not being the registered holder, he is entitled—

a

to exercise any right conferred by the holding of the shares, or

b

to control the exercise of any such right.

2

For this purpose a person is taken to be entitled to exercise or control the exercise of a right conferred by the holding of shares if he—

a

has a right (whether subject to conditions or not) the exercise of which would make him so entitled, or

b

is under an obligation (whether or not so subject) the fulfilment of which would make him so entitled.

3

A person is not by virtue of this paragraph taken to be interested in shares by reason only that—

a

he has been appointed a proxy to exercise any of the rights attached to the shares, or

b

he has been appointed by a body corporate to act as its representative at any meeting of a company or of any class of its members.