s 4 Interest in securities
(1) Where any property held in trust consists of or includes securities in which a person knows or has reasonable grounds for believing that he has an interest, he shall be deemed to have interest in those securities. (2) A right does not constitute an interest in a security where— (a) a right, being a right or an interest described in the definition of “interest” in section 84 of the Companies Act 1965, was issued or offered to the public for subscription or purchase; (b) the public was invited to subscribe for or purchase such a right, and the right was so subscribed for or purchased; or (c) such a right is held by the management company and was issued for the purpose of an offer to the public within the meaning of section 84 of the Companies Act 1965. (3) A person shall be deemed to have an interest in a security where a body corporate has an interest in a security and— (a) the body corporate is, or its directors are accustomed, or is under an obligation, whether formal or informal, to act in accordance with the directions, instructions, or wishes of that person in relation to that security; (b) that person has a controlling interest in the body corporate; or (c) that person, or the associates of that person or that person and his associates are entitled to exercise or control the exercise of not less than fifteen per centum of the votes attached to the voting shares in the body corporate. (4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(c), a person is an associate of another person, if the first-mentioned person is— (a) a corporation which, by virtue of section 6 of the Companies Act 1965 is deemed to be related to that other person; (b) a person in accordance with whose directions, instructions or wishes that other person is accustomed or is under an obligation, whether formal or informal, to act in relation to the security referred to in subsection (3); (c) a person who is accustomed or is under an obligation, whether formal or informal, to act in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of that other person in relation to that security; (d) a body corporate which is, or the directors of which are accustomed or under an obligation, whether formal or informal, to act in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of that other person in relation to that security; or (e) a body corporate in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of which, or of the directors of which, that other person is accustomed or under an obligation, whether formal or informal, to act in relation to that security. (5) A person shall be deemed to have an interest in a security in any one or more of the following circumstances where he— (a) has entered into a contract to purchase a security; (b) has a right, otherwise than by reason of having an interest under a trust, to have a security transferred to himself or to his order, whether the right is exercisable presently or in the future and whether on the fulfilment of a condition or not; (c) has the right or power to acquire a security or an interest in a security, under an option, whether the right or power is exercisable presently or in the future and whether on the fulfilment of a condition or not; or (d) is entitled, otherwise than by reason of his having been appointed a proxy or representative to vote at a meeting of members of a corporation or of a class of its members, to exercise or control the exercise of a right attached to a security, not being a security of which he is the registered holder. (6) A person shall be deemed to have an interest in a security if that security is held jointly with another person. (7) For the purpose of determining whether a person has an interest in a security it is immaterial that the interest cannot be related to a particular security. (8) There shall be disregarded— (a) an interest in a security of a person whose ordinary business includes the lending of money if he holds the interest only by way of security for the purpose of a transaction entered into in the ordinary course of business in connection with the lending of money; (b) an interest of a person in a security being an interest held by him by reason of his holding a prescribed office; and (c) a prescribed interest in a security being an interest of such person, or of the persons included in such class of persons, as is prescribed. (9) An interest in a security shall not be disregarded by reason only of— (a) its remoteness; (b) the manner in which it arose; or (c) the fact that the exercise of a right conferred by the interest is, or is capable of being made subject to restraint or restriction.