15Direct control interests in a company

#### 15 Direct control interests in a company (1) A person holds a direct control interest in a company at a particular time equal to the percentage of the total paid‑up share capital of the company in which the person holds an interest at that time. (2) A person also holds a direct control interest in a company at a particular time equal to the percentage of the voting power in the company that the person is in a position to control at that time. (3) A person also holds a direct control interest in a company at a particular time equal to the percentage that the person holds, or is entitled to acquire, at that time of the total rights to distributions of capital or profits of the company to its shareholders on winding‑up. (4) A person also holds a direct control interest in a company at a particular time equal to the percentage that the person holds, or is entitled to acquire, at that time of the total rights to distributions of capital or profits of the company to its shareholders, otherwise than on winding‑up. (5) If: (a) a person holds a particular type of direct control interest (including a direct control interest that is taken to be held because of one or more previous applications of this subsection) in a company (in this subsection called the first level company); and (b) the first level company holds the same type of direct control interest in another company (in this subsection called the second level company); the person is taken to hold that type of direct control interest in the second level company equal to the percentage calculated using the formula:  where: > First level percentage means the percentage of the direct control interest held by the person in the first level company. > Second level percentage means the percentage of the direct control interest held by the first level company in the second level company.