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Premiums paid on redemption of share capital are not treated as repayments of share capital for the purposes of this Chapter.
(1)This section applies if—
(a)share capital is issued at a premium representing new consideration, and
(b)a distribution is made in respect of shares representing the share capital.
(2)The amount of the premium is treated as forming part of the share capital for the purpose of determining under this Chapter whether the distribution is a repayment of share capital.
(3)Subsection (2) does not have effect in relation to any part of the premium after that part has been applied to paying up share capital.
(1)This section applies if—
(a)a company issues, or has issued, any share capital (“the bonus share capital”) as paid up otherwise than by the receipt of new consideration, and
(b)an amount paid up as mentioned in paragraph (a) does not fall to be treated as a qualifying distribution.
(2)Distributions made afterwards by the company in respect of shares representing the bonus share capital are not treated as repayments of share capital for the purposes of this Chapter.
But this is subject to section 1027 and any other contrary provision in the Corporation Tax Acts.
(3)Except where the company is a relevant company for the purposes mentioned in section 739 (certain companies not included in the official UK list etc), subsection (2) does not prevent a distribution being treated as a repayment of share capital if it is made—
(a)more than 10 years after the issue of the share capital mentioned in subsection (1)(a), and
(b)in respect of share capital other than redeemable share capital.
(4)For the purposes of this section and section 1027—
(a)all shares of the same class are treated as representing the same share capital, and
(b)if shares are issued in respect of other shares, or are (directly or indirectly) converted into or exchanged for other shares, all such shares are treated as representing the same share capital.
(5)This section is to be read with section 1049(3)(b) (stock dividends).
(1)Section 1026(2) does not apply to the distributions in question so far as they, together with any affected distributions made previously but after the issue of the bonus share capital, exceed the cap.
(2)In subsection (1) “the cap” means the total of the amounts—
(a)paid up, otherwise than by the receipt of new consideration, on shares representing the bonus share capital, and
(b)not falling to be treated as qualifying distributions.
(3)In subsection (1) “affected distribution” means however much of a distribution made in respect of shares representing the bonus share capital—
(a)would, but for section 1026, be treated as a repayment of share capital, but
(b)cannot be so treated because of that section.
(4)In subsection (2)(a) the reference to amounts paid up is to amounts paid up at the time of the distributions in question or previously.
(1)A chargeable payment made within 5 years after an exempt distribution is not to be (if it otherwise would be) treated as a repayment of share capital for the purposes of sections 1022 and 1023 (bonus issue following repayment of share capital).
(2)The purpose of the provisions about demergers (which include this section) is set out in section 1074.
(3)In this section—
(a)“chargeable payment” has the meaning given by section 1088, and
(b)“exempt distribution” has the meaning given by section 1075(2).
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