Part XII Control Over Authorised Persons

F1Acquiring control and other changes of holding

X1182Increasing control

(1)

 For the purposes of this Part, a person (“A”) increases control over a UK authorised person (“B”) whenever—

(a)

the percentage of shares which A holds in B or in a parent undertaking of B (“P”) increases by any of the steps mentioned in subsection (2);

(b)

the percentage of voting power A holds in B or P increases by any of the steps mentioned in subsection (2); or

(c)

A becomes a parent undertaking of B.

(2)

The steps are—

(a)

from less than 20% to 20% or more;

(b)

from less than 30% to 30% or more;

(c)

from less than 50% to 50% or more.