Section 451 | Section 450: rights to be attributed etc

(1)This section applies for the purposes of section 450.

(2)A person is treated as entitled to acquire anything which the person—

(a)is entitled to acquire at a future date, or

(b)will at a future date be entitled to acquire.

(3)If a person—

(a)possesses any rights or powers on behalf of another person (A), or

(b)may be required to exercise any rights or powers on A's direction or behalf,

those rights or powers are to be attributed to A.

(4)There may also be attributed to a person all the rights and powers—

(a)of any company of which the person has, or the person and associates of the person have, control,

(b)of any two or more companies within paragraph (a),

(c)of any associate of the person, or

(d)of any two or more associates of the person.

(5)The rights and powers which may be attributed under subsection (4)—

(a)include those attributed to a company or associate under subsection (3), but

(b)do not include those attributed to an associate under subsection (4).

(6)Such attributions are to be made under subsection (4) as will result in a company being treated as under the control of 5 or fewer participators if it can be so treated.