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What is a share describe the various types of shares that can be issued by a company?
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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.
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What are unissued ordinary shares?
Ordinary shares are also known as equity shares and they are the most common form of share in the UK. An ordinary share gives the right to its owner to share in the profits of the company (dividends) and to vote at general meetings of the company.
What happens to the stock of a publicly traded company in chapter 11 if it is bought out by another company?
It can be two ways. If the other company is a publicly traded company, the shares of the acquired company would get merged with the acquiring company's shares. All shareholders of the acquired company would be issued new shares of the acquiring company at a ratio that would be defined during the acquisition. If the other company is not a publicly traded company, they may opt to retain the stocks in the market of buy them all from the investors at a predefined price that gets fixed during the acquisition.
What differences between a PLC and an LTD?
For a PLC to trade they must have at least £50,000 worth of shares issued and at least 25% of them have to be paid up. A PLC company can sell its shares to the public and can be listed on the stock exchange.Business structure used in Europe and Canada, in which shareholder responsibility for company debt is limited to the amount they have invested in to the company.
What are all the ways to decrease the outstanding shares of a company?
A 'share buy back' is the main option in which a company can reduce the amount of outstanding shares. A company will purchase shares on the open market or work out a deal to buy shares from individual holders, and then retire the shares.
Do you list a company or the shares of that company?
The company files with the authority to be approved for listing. Subsequently the shares registered trade with an IPO.
Can issued shares be split?
This is done, usually, only by the company that issued the shares.
Treasury stock plus outstanding shares would be?
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)
What is Difference between issued and outstanding shares?
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.
What is the price per share?
facebook is a private company-no shares issued
Is an investor the same as a shareholder?
Nearly yes. An investor for a company is someone who has invested in the company. He may be someone who bought Bonds issued by them or equity shares issued by them. If he has bought equity shares from them, then they are both same.
Why are shares issued at a premium?
Well the company wants to profit. And issuing shares at premium provides capital to the company without changing its equity capital.
Where can you find the number of shares of stock issued for a company?
Marketwatch.com Type in the ticker
What is the selling price per share?
facebook is a private company-no shares issued
Sweat shares mean?
Sweat shares are equity shares issued by a company to employees or directors at a discount. It can also be a reward for an individual's contribution to a project.
A company with authorized shares of 10M has 9.5M shares issued and outstanding. Can they issue a convertible note that will convert to 1M shares. Ie- can fully diluted shares exceed the Authorized?
no
Can shares be issued at no value in a private company?
Yes, shares can be issued at a nominal value, such as $0.01, in a private company. This allows the company to legally issue shares without requiring a significant capital investment from shareholders.
What is difference between authorized stock and issued stock?
Authorized stock has not necessarily been issued. The incorporating state authorizes the corporation to issue a certain number of shares of stock. All shares of a company are authorized... not all are issued.
