Commentary on Sections Overview Overview Section 254: Meaning of “disposal of shares”
774.This section extends references to a disposal of shares and treats some matters as if they were disposals of shares. It is based on section 312(3) of ICTA.
775.Section 136 of TCGA may treat the investor, in the case of certain reorganisations, as having exchanged “old shares” even though the investor continues to hold the same “old shares” as were held before the reorganisation (together with some “new shares”). This section treats that reorganisation as a disposal of the “old shares”.