(1) Where a company is a subsidiary undertaking of a holding undertaking that is established under the laws of an EEA state, the company shall, as respects any particular financial year of the company, stand exempted from the provisions of sections 347 and 348 if, but only if, the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) every person who is a shareholder of the company on the date of the holding of the next annual general meeting of the company after the end of that financial year or on the next annual return date of the company after the end of that financial year, whichever is the earlier, shall declare his or her consent to the exemption;
(b) there is in force in respect of the whole of that financial year an irrevocable guarantee by the holding undertaking of all commitments entered into by the company, including amounts shown as liabilities in the statutory financial statements of the company in respect of that financial year;
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