AB Ltd. invited applications for 1,00,000 Equity Shares of Rs. 10 each, payable as Rs. 2 on application, Rs. 3 on allotment and the balance on first and final call. Applications were received for 3,00,000 shares and the shares were allotted on a pro-rata basis. The excess application money was to be adjusted against allotment only. M, a shareholder, who had applied for 3,000 shares, failed to pay the call money and his shares were accordingly forfeited and reissued at Rs. 8 per share as fully paid.

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