Defines stapled structures and dual-listed arrangements and treats linked groups as one MNE group for specified purposes.
What should you do now?Collect structural agreements, ownership rights and combined statements to identify a multi-parented group.
What does the official Article provide?
The official source is Arabic. This English commentary is explanatory and is not presented as an official translation.
Defines stapled structures and dual-listed arrangements and treats linked groups as one MNE group for specified purposes.
This is a verified summary rather than a verbatim reproduction. Consult the official Arabic text, the Law and later decisions before making a final determination.
What does the Article mean in plain language?
Qualifying stapled and dual-listed structures form one MNE Group despite multiple UPEs and separate legal personalities. Test share-transfer restrictions, agreements, management and audited combined accounts for the relevant structure, together with the international element. Use the structure's combined statements and read UPE references accordingly. Common investors or commercial cooperation alone are insufficient. Coordinate the return scope under Paragraph H and Article 66.
M&A, restructuring, legal, tax and consolidation teams.
Collect structural agreements, ownership rights and combined statements to identify a multi-parented group.
Separating qualifying parents into different groups or combining groups that fail the structural tests.
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