(a) Buying securities by subscribing or obtaining them directly from the company or its group in a public issue;

(b) Receiving securities in consideration of redemption, merger, demerger, or as compensation in accordance with a public tender offer, or in another comparable manner;

(c ) Receiving shares as dividends (bonus shares), or another form of payout from retained earnings;

(d) Receiving securities as compensation for work or other performance or service;

(e) Receiving securities as inheritance under a will, as a present, or as a result of partition of an estate, or by means of similar acquisition.