Section 591 | Conditions A to E mentioned in section 589(5)

(1)The following are the conditions mentioned in section 589(5).

(2)Condition A is that the relevant contract—

(a)is a plain vanilla contract entered into or acquired by a company carrying on long-term business,^F1

(b)is an approved derivative for the purposes of Rule 3.2.5 of the Prudential Sourcebook for Insurers (within the meaning given by section 139(4) of FA 2012), and^F2F3

(c)does not meet the condition in section 579(1)(b) (contract which is or forms part of a financial asset or liability for accounting purposes).

(3)Condition B is that—

(a)the relevant contract is entered into or acquired by a company otherwise than for the purposes of a trade carried on by it,

(b)there is a hedging relationship between the contract and—

(i)an asset of the company which consists of shares or rights of a unit holder under a unit trust scheme, or

(ii)any share capital of the company or any liability related to share capital of the company, and

(c)the relevant contract is not one to which the company is treated as a party under section 585(2) (loan relationships with embedded derivatives).

(4)Condition C is that—

(a)the relevant contract is entered into or acquired by a company otherwise than for the purposes of a trade carried on by it, and

(b)the relevant contract is an option which is listed on a recognised stock exchange to subscribe for shares in a company.

(5)Condition D is that—

(a)the relevant contract is entered into or acquired by a company otherwise than in the course of activities forming an integral part of a trade carried on by it,

(b)the relevant contract is—

(i)an option to acquire shares in a company, or

(ii)a future requiring delivery of shares in a company,

(c)the relevant contract is not one to which the company is treated as a party under section 585(2), and

(d)the shares to be acquired or delivered—

(i)constitute a substantial shareholding within the meaning of paragraph 8 of Schedule 7AC to TCGA 1992 (meaning of “substantial shareholding”), or

(ii)would do so if acquired or delivered.

(6)Condition E is that—

(a)the company which is a party to the relevant contract has a hedging relationship between—

(i)the relevant contract, and

(ii)an asset or liability representing a loan relationship which is treated as mentioned in section 585(1) (loan relationships with embedded derivatives), and

(b)each relevant contract to which the company is treated as a party under section 585(2) in the case of that loan relationship is a derivative contract to which any of the provisions in subsection (7) applies.

(7)The provisions mentioned in subsection (6)(b) are—

(a)section 645 (creditor relationships: embedded derivatives which are options),

(b)section 648 (creditor relationships: embedded derivatives which are exactly tracking contracts for differences),

(c)sections 653 to 655 (issuers of securities with embedded derivatives: deemed options), and

(d)section 658 (issuers of securities with embedded derivatives: deemed contracts for differences).

(8)For the cases in which sections 653 to 655 and section 658 apply, see sections 652 and 656 respectively.