Part 14Change in company ownership
Chapter 7Meaning of “change in the ownership of a company”
Disregard of change in ownership
724Disregard of change in company ownership
(1)
A change in the ownership of a company (“the subsidiary company”) is disregarded for the purposes of Chapters 2 to 6 if —
(a)
immediately before the change in ownership, the subsidiary company is a qualifying 75% subsidiary of another company (“the parent company”), and
(b)
although there is a change in the direct ownership of the subsidiary company, the subsidiary company continues after the change to be a qualifying 75% subsidiary of the parent company.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, the subsidiary company is a qualifying 75% subsidiary of the parent company if conditions A, B and C are met.
(3)
Condition A is that the subsidiary company is a 75% subsidiary of the parent company.
(4)
Condition B is that the parent company would be beneficially entitled to at least 75% of any profits available for distribution to equity holders of the subsidiary company.
(5)
Condition C is that the parent company would be beneficially entitled to at least 75% of any assets of the subsidiary company available for distribution to its equity holders on a winding up.
(6)
Chapter 6 of Part 5 (equity holders and profits or assets available for distribution) applies for the purposes of subsections (4) and (5) as it applies for the purposes of section 151(4)(a) and (b).