{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2010/section-160",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2010/section-160.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/4",
  "legislation_title": "Corporation Tax Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2010",
  "path": "section/160",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "160",
  "heading": "Meaning of “ordinary shares”",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of section 158(1)(a) “ordinary shares” means shares other than restricted preference shares.\n(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) restricted preference shares are shares that meet each of conditions A to E.\n(3) Condition A is that the shares are issued for consideration which is or includes new consideration.\n(4) Condition B is that the shares do not carry any right to conversion into shares or securities other than a right to conversion into—\n(a) shares to which section 164(1) applies,\n(b) securities to which section 164(2) applies, or\n(c) shares or securities in the relevant company's quoted parent company (see section 164(3) to (7)).\n(5) Condition C is that the shares do not carry any right to the acquisition of shares or securities.\n(6) Condition D is that the shares—\n(a) do not carry a right to dividends, or\n(b) carry a restricted right to dividends (see section 161).\n(7) Condition E is that the shares, on repayment, do not carry rights to an amount exceeding the new consideration mentioned in subsection (3) except so far as those rights are reasonably comparable with those generally carried by fixed dividend shares listed on a recognised stock exchange.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 5 Ch. 6 applied (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), ss. 241(6), 381(1) (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. 5 Ch. 6 applied (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), ss. 345(7), 381(1) (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22, 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Pt. 5 Ch. 6 applied (with modifications) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), s. 252(10) (as substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by 2010 c. 4, s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 252 (with Sch. 2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Pt. 5 Ch. 6 applied (with modifications) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), s. 170(8) (as substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by 2010 c. 4, s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 242(4) (with Sch. 2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Pt. 5 Ch. 6 applied (with modifications) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 772(1)(2) (as substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by 2010 c. 4, s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 646 (with Sch. 2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 160 modified by 1988 c. 1, Sch. 25 para. 2(7A) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 147(2)(b) (with Sch. 2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Pt. 5 Ch. 6 applied (with modifications) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), Sch. 7AC para. 8(2) (as substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by 2010 c. 4, s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 269(3) (with Sch. 2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "S. 160 excluded (1.3.2013) by The Building Societies (Core Capital Deferred Shares) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/460), regs. 1(1), 3(2)(c) (with reg. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "S. 160(2)-(7) applied (with modifications) by 1992 c. 12, Sch. 1A para. 9 (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "Pt. 5 excluded (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 para. 63 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 18 para. 20(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/4/section/160",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:29.433154+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}