Section 708 | Rights to be attributed for the purposes of section 707

(1)This section applies for the purposes of section 707.

(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 power 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 C being treated as under the control of 5 or fewer participators if it can be so treated.

(7)In this section—

“associate” has the meaning given by section 448, and

“participator” has the meaning given by section 454.