How to enter a purchase of Own Shares in Share Register

Introduction

This option is available within Accounts Production, Company Secretarial and Company Formations modules.

  1. From the menu bar select Edit | Share Register

    The following screen displays.

  2. Select the Events Tab.

  3. From the Events Tab select New.


  4. From the drop-down option select Purchase own shares.


The following screen displays.

  1. Select the Share type from the Share Type drop-down list.

  1. Complete the Buy back field.

  2. Click in to the Description field, which will automatically populate the information.  

  3. Enter the required date in the Shares on field.

  4. Select the Out of capital option.

  5. In the Permitted amount of capital field enter the amount of capital that was used in the share buy back.

  6. This field is activated when the Out of capital option is selected.

  7. Select the Log buy back to client’s history.

  1. Select the person authorising the document from the Authoriser Designation drop-down menu.

  2. Click OK.

    The following screen displays.

  3. Highlight the Shareholder and then double-click to select Shareholder.


  1. Enter the number of shares sold back to the company in the Sell back field.

  2. Enter the date of the transaction between shareholder and company in the Shares on field.

  3. Enter the price per share that the shares were sold back to the company at in the At field.

  4. The Payable field displays the total price to be paid by the company for the purchase of shares, the number of shares multiplied by the price per share. This field cannot be amended.

  1. Enter the actual value paid by the Company for the shares in the Paid field.

  2. Complete the Date Paid field.

  1. Select Post.

  1.  If all shares from the share holdings are sold follow step 25.

The following screen displays.

  1. Click into the To take field and specify the amount of shares to be taken.

  2. Enter the appropriate From No. and To No. to be disposed of.

  3. Click OK to accept the changes, as the final share numbers being disposed of.

  1. Click System Choice to accept the stated shares as those that are being disposed.

The following screen displays.

  1. Click Close.




    The following screen displays.

  2. Click OK.

  3. Click Close.

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