“lending arrangement” means any arrangement in terms of which-
(a) a person (hereinafter referred to as the lender) lends a listed security or any bond issued by the government of the Republic in the national or local sphere or any sphere of government of any country other than the Republic if that bond is listed on a recognised exchange as defined in paragraph 1 of the Eighth Schedule to the Income Tax Act to another person (hereinafter referred to as the borrower) in order to enable that borrower to effect delivery (other than to any lender in relation to that borrower, unless the borrower can demonstrate that the arrangement was not entered into for the purposes of the avoidance of tax and was not entered into for the purposes of keeping any position open for more than 12 months) of that security or bond within 10 business days after the date of transfer of that security from the lender to the borrower in terms of that arrangement;
(b) that borrower in return contractually agrees in writing to deliver an identical security or any bond issued by the government of the Republic in the national or local sphere or any sphere of government of any country other than the Republic if that bond is listed on a recognised exchange as defined in paragraph 1 of the Eighth Schedule to the Income Tax Act, as defined in section 1 of the Income Tax Act, to that lender within a period of 12 months from the date of transfer of that listed security or bond from the lender to the borrower;
(c) that borrower is contractually required to compensate that lender for any distributions in respect of the listed security (or any other security that is substituted for that listed security in terms of an arrangement that is announced and released as a corporate action as contemplated in the JSE Limited Listings Requirements in the SENS (Stock Exchange News Service) as defined in the JSE Limited Listings Requirements) or any bond issued by the government of the Republic in the national or local sphere or any sphere of government of any country other than the Republic if that bond is listed on a recognised exchange as defined in paragraph 1 of the Eighth Schedule to the Income Tax Act which that lender would have been entitled to receive during that period had that arrangement not been entered into; and
[Paragraph (c) substituted by section 67(a) of Act 23 of 2020]
(d) that arrangement does not affect the lender’s benefits or risks arising from fluctuations in the market value of the listed security (or any other security that is substituted for that listed security in terms of an arrangement that is announced and released as a corporate action as contemplated in the JSE Limited Listings Requirements in the Stock Exchange News Service as defined in the JSE Limited Listings Requirements) or any bond issued by the government of the Republic in the national or local sphere or any sphere of government of any country other than the Republic if that bond is listed on a recognised exchange as defined in paragraph 1 of the Eighth Schedule to the Income Tax Act,
[Paragraph (d) substituted by section 67(a) of Act 23 of 2020]
but does not include an arrangement where the borrower has not-
(i) on-delivered the listed security or bond within the period referred to in paragraph (a); or
(ii) returned the identical security or bond contemplated in paragraph (b) to the lender within the period referred to in that paragraph other than if such failure to return such identical security or bond is due to an arrangement that is announced and released as a corporate action as contemplated in the JSE Limited Listings Requirements in the Stock Exchange News Service as defined in the JSE Limited Listings Requirements;
[Paragraph (ii) substituted by section 67(b) of Act 23 of 2020]
[Definition of “lending arrangement” substituted by section 90 of Act 15 of 2016 and section 90 of Act 17 of 2017 effective on 1 January 2018 and applies in respect of collateral arrangements and lending arrangements entered into on or after that date]