Company Share Buyback: How a Private Company Buys Back Its Own Shares, Step by Step
A share buyback is when a company buys shares back from one of its own shareholders, using the company’s money rather than the money of another owner. In the UK it’s also called a purchase of own shares. In a private company it’s often used when a shareholder wants out and nobody else wants to buy their shares personally.
Because a buyback is normally funded from distributable profits, the company’s accounts show whether it can go ahead before any contract is drafted.
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