Form with which a corporation may alter the amount of outstanding shares issued by the corporation.
Form with which a corporation may alter the amount of outstanding shares issued by the corporation.
Resolutions of the board of directors authorizing and approving a reporting company's stock repurchase program. These resolutions are drafted as standard clauses and should be inserted into board minutes or a form of unanimous written consent.
A special resolution is a method of passing a company decision that requires at least 75% of the votes cast by shareholders to be in favour of it.
Imagine a listed company with 1,000 shares, and 100 (10%) of them are held by one shareholder. The company runs a share buyback programme and purchases 100 shares, reducing total share capital to 900 shares.
Share buybacks increase earnings per share and CEOs are sometimes compensated for increasing earnings per share. Buying back shares is a easy way to boost earnings per share without actually increasing sales or profits. If a company is buying back shares at really cheap prices, it can be a good thing.
A stock buyback, or share repurchase, is when a company repurchases its own stock, reducing the total number of shares outstanding. In effect, buybacks “re-slice the pie” of profits into fewer slices, giving more to remaining investors.
The process involves repurchasing and effectively taking back shares that have previously been purchased by and issued to its stockholders. This event can present an advantage to the remaining shareholders because their ownership stake will generally increase as the number of outstanding stock shares decreases.
A company has to file return of buy back in form no. SH-11 containing particulars related to the buy-back within 30 days of its completion. The return is to be filed with the Registrar, and in case of a listed company with the Registrar and the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
The buyback contract must be approved by a resolution of the shareholders. An ordinary resolution will normally suffice, unless the articles require a higher majority, and the company may implement the share buyback at any time after the shareholder resolution approving the buyback contract is passed.
Share buyback Agreement A share buy back agreement; Board meeting notices for members; Board meeting minutes to seek members' approval for share buy back; Written resolution to approve share buy back; Stock transfer form; Company House filings; Work out the amount of stamp duty payable.