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Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

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546Meaning of being entitled “on similar terms”

(1)This section applies for the purposes of sections 542(5) and 544(5) (condition that entitlements to allocation of priority shares must be on similar terms).

(2)The fact that different provision is made for persons according to—

(a)the levels of their remuneration,

(b)the length of their service, or

(c)similar factors,

does not mean that they are not entitled to an allocation on similar terms.

(3)The fact that the allocations of shares in a company to which non-company employees are entitled are smaller than those to which company employees are entitled does not mean that they are not entitled on similar terms, if conditions A and B are met.

(4)Condition A is that each non-company employee is also entitled by reason of the office or employment and in priority to members of the public, to an allocation of shares in another company or companies which are offered to the public at a fixed price or by tender at the same time as the shares in the company.

(5)Condition B is that in the case of each non-company employee the aggregate value of all the shares included in the allocations to which the non-company employee is entitled is the same, or as nearly the same as is reasonably practicable, as that of the shares in the company included in the entitlement of a comparable company employee.

(6)For the purposes of subsection (5), the value of shares is to be measured by reference to the fixed price or the lowest price successfully tendered.

(7)In this section—

  • “company employee”, in relation to a company, means a director or employee of the company, and

  • “non-company employee”, in relation to a company, means a director or employee of another company or person.

547Meaning and amount or value of “registrant discount”

(1)For the purposes of this Chapter there is a “registrant discount” in respect of the shares of a company if conditions A to C are met.

(2)Condition A is that members of the public who comply with such requirements as may be imposed in connection with the offer or, if section 544 applies, the public offer are, or may become, entitled to a discount in respect of the whole or part of the shares of the company allocated to them.

(3)Condition B is that at least 40% of the shares of the company allocated to members of the public are allocated to individuals who are or become entitled to—

(a)the discount, or

(b)some other benefit of similar value for which they may elect as an alternative to the discount.

(4)Directors and employees who are entitled by reason of their office or employment to an allocation of the shares in priority to members of the public are not to be treated as members of the public for the purposes of subsection (3).

(5)Condition C is that subscribing employees are, or may become, entitled to the same discount in respect of the shares of the company as any other members of the public to whom shares of the company are allocated under the offer.

(6)In subsection (5) a “subscribing employee” means a director or employee who—

(a)subscribes for shares—

(i)if section 542 (offer made to public and employees) applies, under the offer as a member of the public, or

(ii)if section 544 (different offers made to public and employees) applies, under the public offer as a member of the public or under the employee offer as a director or employee, and

(b)complies (or, in the case of a requirement to register, is taken under the terms of the offer to comply) with the requirements mentioned in subsection (2).

(7)For the purposes of this Chapter, the “amount or value” of any registrant discount made to a director or employee means—

(a)the amount of any such discount made to the director or employee as is mentioned in subsection (5), or

(b)the value of any such other benefit as is mentioned in subsection (3)(b) which is conferred on the director or employee as an alternative to the discount.

548Minor definitions

(1)In this Chapter—

  • “director” means—

    (a)

    in relation to a company whose affairs are managed by a board of directors or similar body, a member of that body,

    (b)

    in relation to a company whose affairs are managed by a single director or similar person, that director or person, and

    (c)

    in relation to a company whose affairs are managed by the members themselves, a member of the company, and

    includes any person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of the company (as defined in paragraphs (a) to (c)) are accustomed to act and a person who is to be, or has ceased to be, a director (as so defined);

  • “employee” includes a person who is to be or has been an employee;

  • “shares” includes stock;

  • “the employee offer” and “the public offer” have the meanings given by section 544(1).

(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) a person is not to be regarded as a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of the company are accustomed to act merely because the directors act on advice given by that person in a professional capacity.

(3)References in this Chapter—

(a)to the employment, in relation to an employee, are to the employment of that employee, and

(b)to the office, in relation to a director, are to the office of that director.

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