Direct control interest in a company
52ZZF Direct control interest in a company
An entity holds a direct control interest in a company at a particular time equal to the percentage of the total paid‑up share capital of the company in which the entity holds an interest at that time.
An entity also holds a direct control interest in a company at a particular time equal to the percentage that the entity holds, or is entitled to acquire, at that time of the total rights to distributions of capital or profits of the company to its shareholders on winding‑up.
An entity also holds a direct control interest in a company at a particular time equal to the percentage that the entity holds, or is entitled to acquire, at that time of the total rights to distributions of capital or profits of the company to its shareholders, otherwise than on winding‑up.
If:
an entity holds a particular type of direct control interest (including a direct control interest that is taken to be held because of one or more previous applications of this subsection) in a company (the first level company); and
the first level company holds the same type of direct control interest in another company (the second level company);
the entity is taken to hold that type of direct control interest in the second level company equal to the percentage worked out using the formula:
Start formula First level percentage times Second level percentage end formula
where:
first level percentage means the percentage of the direct control interest held by the entity in the first level company.
second level percentage means the percentage of the direct control interest held by the first level company in the second level company.
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