(1) Subject to subsections (12) and (15), this section applies to a public limited company -
(a) where shares in the company are forfeited, or are surrendered to the company in lieu, in pursuance of the articles for failure to pay any sum payable in respect of those shares;
(b) where shares in the company are acquired by the company otherwise than by any of the methods mentioned in section 41(4) and the company has a beneficial interest in those shares;
(c) where the nominee of the company acquires shares in the company from a third person without financial assistance being given directly or indirectly by the company and the company has a beneficial interest in those shares; or
(d) where any person acquires shares in the company with financial assistance given to him directly or indirectly by the company for the purpose of or in connection with the acquisition and the company has a beneficial interest in those shares.
(2) In determining for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) and (c