(1) For the purposes of section 57(2), an event results in P having qualifying status in respect of shares or voting rights in relation to a UK-connected body corporate where the event results in the percentage of the shares or, as the case may be, the voting rights that P holds in the body corporate increasing -

(a) from less than 15% to 15% or more,

(b) from 25% or less to more than 25%, or

(c) from 50% or less to more than 50%.

(2) For the purposes of section 57(3), P has qualifying status in respect of shares or voting rights in relation to a joint venture vehicle where the event results in P holding at least 15% of the shares or, as the case may be, voting rights in the joint venture vehicle.

(3) In subsections (1) and (2), references to holding a percentage of shares are -

(a) in the case of a body corporate that has a share capital, to holding shares comprised in the issued share capital of the body corporate of a nominal value (in aggregate) of that percentage of the share capital,

(b) in the case of a body corporate that does not have a share capital, to holding a right to a share of that percentage of the capital or profits of the body corporate, and