Frequently traded shares
Also written SAST · Frequently traded shares (SAST)
Shares whose traded turnover on any recognised stock exchange during the 240 trading days preceding the relevant date is at least ten percent of the total number of shares of that class.
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
- ControlIn the beneficial-ownership tests, the right to appoint a majority of directors or to control management or policy decisions — the limb that catches an owner holding no shares at all.
- Escrow accountThe security an acquirer must deposit before a takeover open offer — 25% of the first Rs 500 crore of consideration plus 10% of the balance — so that the money to pay tendering shareholders is ring-fenced.
Where this is taught
Free preparation for NISM Series IXRelated terms
- Preferential issueAn issue of specified securities by a listed issuer to a select person or group on a private placement basis — excluding public, rights, bonus and ESOP issues, QIPs, sweat equity and overseas depository receipts.
- 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.
- Escrow accountThe security an acquirer must deposit before a takeover open offer — 25% of the first Rs 500 crore of consideration plus 10% of the balance — so that the money to pay tendering shareholders is ring-fenced.
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