VCM91080 | CVS: investors and reliefs: material interest: indirect possession and entitlement to acquire
From HM Revenue & Customs · Venture Capital Schemes Manual
FA00/SCH15/PARA7 (1)
For the purposes of calculating whether the interest of the investing company is at any time a material interest the following are to be taken into account, in addition to the direct possession of shares.
The indirect possession of shares. This would cover, for example, the case where the company has only a beneficial interest in the shares.
Any entitlement to acquire issued shares at some future date, and any future entitlement to acquire issued shares.