Buyback of shares

This one is not written up yet

The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.

Written up from the same chapter

• Bonus sharesAdditional shares issued free to existing shareholders in proportion to their holding — no tax at allotment, a nil cost of acquisition, and a fresh holding period from the allotment date.
• Rights issueAn offer of new shares at a set price to existing shareholders in a fixed ratio to what they already hold, so that their proportionate stake is not diluted when the company raises fresh capital.
• Segregated portfolioA ring-fenced sub-portfolio holding the debt instrument hit by a credit event, split out of a scheme so that the good assets stay liquid and exiting investors cannot leave the damaged paper behind.
• Stock Lending and BorrowingA screen-based scheme under which an investor lends securities to a borrower through an Authorized Intermediary for a fee — and, under section 47(xv), it is not a transfer.
• Stock splitA corporate action that cuts the face value of a share in a defined ratio and multiplies the number of shares to match — more shares, a lower price, and not one rupee of new value.