SCHEDULE 6NOTES TO ANNUAL ACCOUNTS: INFORMATION IN RESPECT OF HOLDINGS IN UNDERTAKINGS

PART IISOCIETIES REQUIRED TO PREPARE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS

Financial information about subsidiary undertakings not included in the consolidation

11.—(1) There shall be shown with respect to each subsidiary undertaking not included in the consolidation—

(a)the aggregate amount of its capital and reserves as at the end of its relevant financial year, and

(b)its profit or loss for that year.

(2) The information referred to in sub-paragraph (1) need not be given if the group’s investment in the subsidiary undertaking is included in the accounts by way of the equity method of valuation or if—

(a)the subsidiary undertaking is not required by and provision of the Companies Act 1985 or the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 to deliver a copy of its balance sheet for its relevant financial year and does not otherwise publish that balance sheet in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and

(b)the holding of the group is less than 50 per cent. of the nominal value of the shares in the subsidiary undertaking.

(3) Information otherwise required by this paragraph need not be given if it is not material for the purpose of giving a true and fair view for the society and its subsidiary undertakings as a whole, of the matters set out in subsections (2), (3) and (4) of section 73 of the Act.

(4) For the purpose of this paragraph the “relevant financial year” of a subsidiary undertaking is—

(a)if its financial year ends with that of the society, that year, and

(b)if not, its financial year ending last before the end of the society’s financial year.