Section 724 | Disregard of change in company ownership

(1)A change in the ownership of a company (“the subsidiary company”) is disregarded for the purposes of Chapters 2 to 6 if —

(a)immediately before the change in ownership, the subsidiary company is a qualifying 75% subsidiary of another company (“the parent company”), and

(b)although there is a change in the direct ownership of the subsidiary company, the subsidiary company continues after the change to be a qualifying 75% subsidiary of the parent company.

(2)For the purposes of this section, the subsidiary company is a qualifying 75% subsidiary of the parent company if conditions A, B and C are met.

(3)Condition A is that the subsidiary company is a 75% subsidiary of the parent company.

(4)Condition B is that the parent company would be beneficially entitled to at least 75% of any profits available for distribution to equity holders of the subsidiary company.

(5)Condition C is that the parent company would be beneficially entitled to at least 75% of any assets of the subsidiary company available for distribution to its equity holders on a winding up.

(6)Chapter 6 of Part 5 (equity holders and profits or assets available for distribution) applies for the purposes of subsections (4) and (5) as it applies for the purposes of section 151(4)(a) and (b).