Part 1 Limit on Number of Employees of Company in which Investment is Made

SCHEDULE 16 Venture Capital Schemes etc

Section 51

Part 1 Limit on Number of Employees of Company in which Investment is Made

Corporate venturing scheme

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(1)     Part 3 of Schedule 15 to FA 2000 (requirements as to issuing company) is amended as follows.

(2)     In paragraph 15 (introduction to Part) after paragraph (f) insert—

“(fa)     number of employees (see paragraph 22A); andâ€.

(3)     After paragraph 22 insert—

“The number of employees requirement
22A

(1)     If the issuing company is a single company, the full-time equivalent employee number for it must be less than 50 when the relevant shares are issued.

(2)     If the issuing company is a parent company, the sum of—

(a)     the full-time equivalent employee number for it, and

(b)     the full-time equivalent employee numbers for each of its qualifying subsidiaries,

must be less than 50 when the relevant shares are issued.

(3)     The full-time equivalent employee number for a company is calculated as follows—

Step 1     Find the number of full-time employees of the company.

Step 2     Add, for each employee of the company who is not a full-time employee, such fraction as is

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