Forfeiture of Shares

Correct the underlined word and rewrite the following sentence.

Only fully paid up shares can be forfeited.

One shareholder holding 500 equity shares paid share application money @ ₹ 3 Allotment money @ ₹ 4 per share and failed to pay final call of ₹ 3 per share, his shares were forfeited. Calculate the amount of share forfeiture.

Find the odd one.

Complete the sentence.

Company can forfeit only ______ paid shares.

Answer in one sentence only.

What is Forfeiture of Shares?

The Subscribed Capital of Parag Limited is 30,000 equity shares of ₹ 100 each and 50,000 preference shares of ₹ 100 each. On both of these shares ₹ 80 per share were called-up.

The Directors forfeited 500 equity shares held by Ashish who failed to pay First and Second Call each of ₹ 20 per share. They also forfeited 500 preference shares of Ashok who failed to pay ₹ 20 per share on Allotment, ₹ 20 per share on First call and ₹ 20 per share on Second call.

The Director re-issued these forfeited shares of Ashish at ₹ 60 per share, ₹ 80 paid up and those of Ashok at ₹ 72 per share ₹ 80 paid up. All re-issued shares were taken up by Anagha.

Pass Journal entries to record the forfeiture and re-issue of shares in the books of Parag Ltd.

Study the following case/situation and express your opinion.

X owns 100 shares while Y owns 500 shares of Red Tubes Ltd. The company has asked all its shareholders to pay the balance unpaid amount of ₹ 20. X pays the full money demanded by the company. Y, who is in a bad financial position is unable to pay any money.

1. Can the company forfeit the shares of Y?
2. Can the company forfeit the shares of X?
3. Can X transfer his shares?

Explain the following term/concept.

Forfeiture of shares