Part 4U.K.Real Estate Investment Trusts

IntroductionU.K.

106Conditions for companyU.K.

(1)A company may give notice for this Part to apply to it in accordance with section 109 only if it satisfies Conditions [F11 and 2] below.

(2)In order for this Part to apply to a company in respect of an accounting period, Conditions 1 to 6 below must be satisfied in relation to the company throughout the accounting period [F2(subject to section 109 and regulations under section 116)].

(3)Condition 1 is that the company—

(a)is resident in the United Kingdom, and

(b)is not resident in another place in accordance with the law of that place relating to taxation.

(4)Condition 2 is that section 236 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) (open-ended investment companies) does not apply to the company.

(5)Condition 3 is that the shares forming the company's ordinary share capital are listed on a recognised stock exchange.

(6)Condition 4 is that the company—

(a)is not a close company (within the meaning of section 414 of ICTA), or

(b)is a close company only by virtue of having as a participator (within the meaning of section 417 of ICTA) a limited partnership which is a collective investment scheme within the meaning of section 235 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

and for the purposes of paragraph (a) a company shall be treated as a close company if it is prevented from being a close company only by section 414(5) or 415(4)(a) of ICTA.

(7)Condition 5 is that—

(a)each share issued by the company either—

(i)forms part of the company's ordinary share capital, or

(ii)is a non-voting [F3relevant] preference share F4... , and

(b)there is no more than one class of ordinary share issued by the company.

[F5(7A)For the purposes of Condition 5—

(a)“relevant preference share” means a share which is a “relevant preference share” for the purposes of Schedule 18 to ICTA (group relief) or would be but for the fact that it carries a right of conversion into shares or securities in the company, and

(b)a share is “non-voting” if it carries no right to vote at a general meeting of the company or if it carries a right to vote which is contingent on the non-payment of a dividend and which has not become exercisable.]

(8)Condition 6 is that in the case of any loan to which the company is party—

(a)the loan creditor is not entitled to an amount by way of interest which depends to any extent on the results of all or part of the company's business or on the value of any of the company's assets,

(b)the loan creditor is not entitled to an amount by way of interest which exceeds a reasonable commercial return on the consideration lent, and

(c)the loan creditor is entitled on repayment to an amount which either does not exceed the consideration lent or is reasonably comparable with the amount generally repayable (in respect of an equal amount of consideration) under the terms of issue of securities listed on a recognised stock exchange.

[F6(9)For the purpose of Condition 6 a loan shall not be treated as dependent on the results of the company's business by reason only that the terms of the loan provide—

(a)for the interest to be reduced in the event of the results improving, or

(b)for the interest to be increased in the event of the results deteriorating.]