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Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 (Number 39 of 1997)

586 Company amalgamations by exchange of shares.

[CGTA75 s51(1) and Sch2 par4; FA82 s63(1)(a) and (2)]

(1) Subject to section 587, where a company issues shares or debentures to a person in exchange for shares in or debentures of another company, section 584 shall apply with any necessary modifications as if the 2 companies were the same company and the exchange were a reorganisation of its share capital.

(2) This section shall apply only where—

(a) the company issuing the shares or debentures has, or in consequence of the exchange will have, control of the other company, or

(b) the first-mentioned company issues the shares or debentures in exchange for shares as the result of a general offer made to members of the other company or any class of them (with or without exceptions for persons connected with the first-mentioned company), the offer being made in the first instance on a condition such that if it were satisfied the first-mentioned company would have control of the other company.

(3)(a) In this subsection, “shares” includes stock, debentures and any interests to which section 587(3) applies and also includes any option in relation to such shares.

(b) This section shall not apply to the issue by a company of shares in the company by means of an exchange referred to in subsection (1) unless it is shown that the exchange is effected for bona fide commercial reasons and does not form part of any arrangement or scheme of which the main purpose or one of the main purposes is avoidance of liability to tax.

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(c) This section shall not apply where, on or after 4 December 2002, a company issues debentures, loan stock or other similar securities to a person in exchange for shares of another company unless—

(i) such issue is pursuant to a binding written agreement made before that date, or

(ii) the company issuing the debentures, loan stock or other similar securities and the person to whom they are issued are members of the same group (within the meaning of section 616) throughout the period commencing one year before and ending one year after the day the debentures, loan stock or other similar securities are issued, or

(iii) the other company is a company quoted on a recognised stock exchange and its board of directors had, before 4 December 2002, made a public announcement that they had agreed the terms of a recommended offer to be made for the company’s entire issued, and to be issued, ordinary share capital.

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(d) This section shall not apply where the company issuing the shares or debentures is an investment undertaking within the meaning of section 739B.

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Inserted by FA03 s66(c).

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Inserted by FA12 s58(1)(e). Applies to any shares or debentures issued by a company on or after 22 February 2012.