ERSM20200 - Employment-related Securities and Options

What are not securities?

The legislation in ITEPA03/S420 (5) excludes from the definition of “securities” the following:

Cheques

Cheques and other bills of exchange, bankers' drafts and letters of credit (other than bills of exchange accepted by a banker).

Cash & account balances

Money and statements showing balances on a current, deposit or savings account.

Property

Leases and other dispositions of property and heritable securities.

Insurance

Rights under contracts of insurance (within the meaning of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001) in relation to periods before 2 December 2004.

Options

Options over anything, not just securities. Options are dealt with separately in Chapter 5.

Power to amend

There is a power to amend by statutory instrument the definition of what are and what are not “securities”.