VCM91110 | CVS: investors and reliefs: relevant preference shares
From HM Revenue & Customs · Venture Capital Schemes Manual
FA00/SCH15/PARA9
Relevant preference shares are defined as shares which:
do not currently carry voting rights (whether or not they might acquire voting rights in some specified eventuality), and
are issued wholly for new consideration, and
do not carry any right the exercise of which would result in their holder’s acquiring any other shares or any securities, and
do not carry any right to dividends except dividends of a pre-determined amount (see VCM91120).