In recent years several large listed companies have purchased their own ordinary shares. You are required to

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In recent years several large listed companies have purchased their own ordinary shares.

You are required to summarise:

(a) the accounting requirements for a public listed company when it purchases its own shares; (9 marks)

(b) six advantages of a company purchasing its own shares. (6 marks)

CIMA, Advanced Financial Accounting, November 1991 (15 marks)

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Advanced Financial Accounting

ISBN: 9780073526744

7th Edition

Authors: Richard Baker, Valdean Lembke, Thomas King, Cynthia Jeffrey

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