Equity shares can NOT be bought back out of
AFresh preference issue proceeds
BEarlier equity issue proceeds
CSecurities premium account
DDistributable free reserves
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Earlier equity issue proceeds
Buy-back of a kind of shares cannot use the proceeds of an earlier issue of that same kind of shares.
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