RE: Can't sleep29 Apr 2021 12:08
Thanks for the reply, Norfolk, but I might still be missing something. When selling shares in a company, the share price used to calculate CGT liability is the average of the total holding at the time of sale, rather than what you paid for each installment (it's not a first-in, first-out scenario).
Forgive me if this sounds patronising (it's not meant to), but if you originally paid £10 for a share, and then later averaged down by paying £2 for a share. Your total holding is 2 shares bought at a cost of £12. So if you decide to sell a share, then you calculate CGT based on the average acquisition cost of £6 a share. You can't sell the £10 share first, and keep the £2 share.
It doesn't matter what happens to EQT in the future, the only thing that matters is the difference between the average purchase price of your holding, and the price you sell at.