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Buy back of shares can not be done out of the following sources: |
Open Market Odd lot shareholders Employees of the company Existing Debentures holders |
Existing Debentures holders |
The correct answer is option 4- Existing Debentures holders. When a company purchase its own shares, it is called ‘Buy-back of Shares’. Section 68 of The Companies Act, 2013 provides that the company can buy their own shares from either of the following sources : The company can buy back its own shares either from the free reserves, securities premium or from the proceeds of any shares or other specified securities. In case shares are bought back out of free reserves, the company must transfer a sum equal to the nominal value of shares bought back to ‘Capital Redemption Reserve Account’. The following procedures have been laid down for buy back of shares : |