Many times we read in financial newspapers/magazines about "Share Swap" done by big corporates. What is "Share Swap"?
(A) A business takeover in which acquiring company uses its own stock to pay for the acquired company
(B) When a company uses its own shares to get some short term loan for working capital requirement, it is known as Share Swap
(C) When companies are required to float a new issue to earn capital for their expansion programmes, each shareholder gets some additional preferential shares. The process of the allotment of preferential shares is known the as Share Swap.
