This is done, usually, only by the company that issued the shares.
When a company undergoes a 2-for-1 stock split, the number of shares being issued doubles.
Issued Shares Authorized Shares = Issued Shares (sold to investors) + Unissued Shares Issued Shares = Outstanding Stock (held by investors) + Treasury Stock (stock bought back by company)
A share can be defined as an asset that belongs to an individual or a group of people. The various types of shares that can be issued by a company are Authorized and issued shares. Authorized shares are the ones that a company is allowed to issue while issued shares are the shares that are allocated to shareholders.
With 30,000 shares outstanding before the split, there will be 60,000 shares outstanding after the split. With 8%, one would start with 2,400 shares and receive another 2,400 shares leaving them with 4,800 shares after the split. Your position as a % after the split will be unchanged because everyone with a share was issued an additional share. The total value of your shares, $235,200, will also not change since the equity value of the company has not changed - they just have more shares for the same value. The price; however, has changed. Right after the split, each share went from $98.00 per share to $49.00 per share. As an aside, historically, shares that split do outperform the market on average. However, there is bias in the results because only the best companies are able to effectively split their stock and, since they did not change operations, would have outperformed anyway.
declaration of a stock dividend
types of bonus shares
When shares are issued at value which is more than face value then it is called shares issued at premium.
A two for one stock split means to shareholders that the shares they hold are actually worth two shares. For example, if a person had 100 shares before the split, they would have 200 shares after the split.
Fully paid shares means that the amount of which shares are fully paid by the investors while shares issued at discount means, share are issued at discounted price from actual face value of asset.
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Issued shares(I) are shares of stock that have been sold to investors. It includes both outstanding shares(O) and Treasury shares(T). Thus, I = O+T Outstanding shares(O) are shares of stock currently owned by the shareholders.
Issued Shares: The number of shares that has ever been sold to and held by the shareholders of a company. Includes stock that has been repurchased by the company. Does NOT include shares that have been retired.Outstanding Shares: Stock currently held by investors. Does NOT include stock that has been repurchased by the company..If either no shares have ever been repurchased or if all repurchased shares have been retired then Outstanding shares = Issued Shares.