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The cost of acquisition of rights shares is the actual amount paid by the shareholder to acquire those shares, not the market price or fair value at the time.

Practice question from NISM Series XB- Investment Adviser (Level 2) Mock Test 1 — bank. The correct answer is highlighted below with a full explanation.

Options

  1. A

    the current market price of the shares

  2. B

    the Fair Market Value of the rights shares

  3. C

    the price which is actually paid or fair market value of the rights shares, whichever is higher

  4. the price which is actually paid for acquisition of the rights shares

    Correct answer

Why this is the answer

The cost basis for rights shares is the purchase price paid by the shareholder, which is used for capital gains calculations.

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