(1)

(a) In this section and in sections 248 and 249 -

"control" shall be construed in accordance with section 432;

"intermediate holding company" means a company whose business consists wholly or mainly of the holding of stocks, shares or securities and is, in relation to an investee company referred to in subsection (2)(a)(iv), a company through which the investee company holds stocks, shares or securities in a company referred to in subsection (2)(a)(i);

"material interest", in relation to a company, means the beneficial ownership of, or the ability to control, directly or through the medium of a connected company or connected companies or by any other indirect means, more than 5 per cent of the ordinary share capital of the company;

"trading stock", has the same meaning as in section 89.