Capitalization of reserves
The term for a bonus issue — reserves lying in the books are transferred to paid-up or subscribed capital, with no consideration received from shareholders.
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
- BuybackA company purchasing its own shares out of reserves and extinguishing them, reducing share capital and raising earnings per share for the shareholders who remain.
- Record dateThe date on which a company looks at its register and decides who gets the bonus, dividend, rights or split — you must be holding the shares in your demat account at the end of that day.
- Reverse book buildingThe bidding process by which the exit price in a voluntary delisting is discovered from public shareholders above a fixed floor price, instead of being set by the acquirer.
- 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.
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