Bonus issue reservation requirement: reserve shares for holders of compulsorily convertible instruments and issue only from free reserves. An issuer may make a bonus issue only after reserving equity shares proportionately for holders of compulsorily convertible debt instruments and issuing those reserved shares to holders on conversion on the same terms; bonus shares must be issued only out of free reserves, securities premium or capital redemption reserve, not from revaluation reserves, and may not be issued in lieu of dividends. Bonus on SR equity to promoters must preserve voting parity with ordinary shares and allotment must be in dematerialised form.
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Bonus issue reservation requirement: reserve shares for holders of compulsorily convertible instruments and issue only from free reserves.
An issuer may make a bonus issue only after reserving equity shares proportionately for holders of compulsorily convertible debt instruments and issuing those reserved shares to holders on conversion on the same terms; bonus shares must be issued only out of free reserves, securities premium or capital redemption reserve, not from revaluation reserves, and may not be issued in lieu of dividends. Bonus on SR equity to promoters must preserve voting parity with ordinary shares and allotment must be in dematerialised form.
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