Section 218 | Value received where there is more than one issue of shares

From legislation.gov.uk

(1)This section applies if—

(a)two or more issues of shares in the issuing company have been made to the investor which include shares in respect of which the investor obtains EIS relief, and

(b)value is received by the investor at any time in the applicable periods for two or more of those issues.

(2)Section 213(2) has effect in relation to the shares included in each of the issues referred to in subsection (1)(b) as if the amount of value referred to as “R” were reduced by multiplying it by the fraction—

Formula

\frac{A}{B}

where—

A is the amount on which the investor obtains EIS relief in respect of the shares included in the issue in question, and

B is the sum of that amount and the corresponding amount or amounts in respect of the other issue or issues.

(3)For the purposes of subsection (1) “the applicable period” for an issue of shares is period C in relation to those shares.