Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Accountancy

Chapter

Accounting for Shares

Question:

What steps a company can take in case of over-subscription of shares?

Options:

Reject applications

Pro-rata allotment to all applicants

Accepting some applicants fully and pro-rata allotment on other applicants

All of these

Correct Answer:

All of these

Explanation:

There are instances when applications for more shares of a company are received than the number offered to the public for subscription. This usually happens in respect of shares issue of well-managed and financially strong companies and is said to be a case of ‘Over Subscription’. In such a condition, three alternatives are available to the directors to deal with the situation:
(1) they can accept some applications in full and totally reject the others.
(2) they can make a pro-rata allotment to all.
(3) they can adopt a combination of the above two alternatives which happens to be the most common course adopted in practice.