Companies Act (Cap. 386)
Companies Act (Cap. 386), article 114A
114A. (1) Where a company issu es shares (the "issuing
company") and the issuing company -
(a) is a qualifying subsidiary of another company ("the
holding company"); and
(b) allots shares -
(i) to the holding company; or
(ii) to another qualifying subsidiary of the holding
company,
in consideration for the transfer to the issuing
company of non-cash assets of a company that is a
member of the group of companies that comprises the
holding company and all its qualifying subsidiaries
(the "transferor company"),
the issuing company shall not be required in terms of article 1 14 to
transfer any amount in excess of the minimum premium value to
the share premium account.
(2) For the purposes of this article the "minimum premium
value" means the amount, if any, by which the base value of the
consideration for the shares all otted exceeds the aggregate nom inal
value of the shares.
(3) The base value of the consideration for the shares allotted is
the amount by which the base value of the assets transferred
exceeds the base value of any liabilities of the transferor com pany
assumed by the issuing company as part of the consideration for the
assets so transferred.
(4) For the purposes of this article:
(a) the base value of assets transferred is taken as -
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(i) the cost of those assets to the transferor
company; or
(ii) the amount at which those assets are stated in the
transferor company’s accounting records
immediately before the transfer; or
(iii) the fair market v alue of the assets,
whichever is less;
(b) the base value of the liabili ties assumed is taken as the
amount at which they are stated in the transferor
company’s accounting records immediately before the
transfer.
(5) For the purposes of this article the term "qualifying
subsidiary" shall mean a company in which the holding company
holds at least an eighty per cent equity holding. The term "eig hty
per cent equity holding" shall have the meaning assigned to it in
article 114B(5).
Takeover relief.
Added by:
XV . 2007.8.
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