Commentary on Sections Overview Part 4: Eligible employees Paragraph 30: Material interest: options and interests in SIPs
3517.This paragraph explains what rights to acquire shares should be taken into consideration in deciding whether an employee has a material interest, and how and when such rights should be counted. It derives from paragraphs 30(3), 32 and 33 of Schedule 14 to FA 2000.
3518.This paragraph includes the part of paragraph 33 of Schedule 14 to FA 2000, which relates to SIPs. The rest of that paragraph that refers to APS (the profit sharing schemes approved under Schedule 9 to ICTA) has not been reproduced in this Schedule. It is contained in Part 8 of Schedule 7 to this Act (Transitionals and savings).