TSL.L Regulatory News (TSL)

22 December 2016

ThinkSmart Limited

Buy-Back Tender - Australian Taxation Office Class Ruling Published

ThinkSmart Limited (ThinkSmart or the Company) confirms that it has now received a Class Ruling from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) regarding the Company's off-market share buy-back (Buy-Back Tender), which completed on 7 November 2016.

The Class Ruling details the Australian income tax treatment for certain shareholders who participated in the Company's Buy-Back Tender. In summary, for relevant shareholders who had their shares bought back in the Buy-Back Tender, the Class Ruling confirms that the Buy-Back Price comprised an unfranked dividend component for income tax purposes, as well as a capital component for capital gains tax purposes.

The Class Ruling has now been published and can be viewed on the web site of the ATO https://www.ato.gov.au/law/view/pdf/pbr/cr2016-096.pdf 

The above comments are not tax advice. If shareholders who had their shares bought-back in the Buy-Back Tender have any queries regarding the tax treatment of the Buy-Back Tender, ThinkSmart strongly advises they obtain specific tax advice on the tax treatment of the Buy-Back Tender, taking into account their own specific circumstances.

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About ThinkSmart Limited

ThinkSmart Limited is a leading provider in the UK of retail point-of-sale lease finance for high-volume small-ticket electronic and commercial equipment. The Group provides both B2B and B2C point-of-sale lease finance, primarily through its longstanding relationship with Dixons Retail and its new relationship with Carphone Warehouse. The Group's product offering is underpinned by a proprietary, innovative and scalable technology platform, SmartCheck. Since it commenced operations in the UK in 2003, the Group has processed in excess of 350,000 individual applications. As at 30 June 2016 the Group had approximately 59,000 live customer contracts.