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- From: McAldon International Inc. <mcaldon@igc.apc.org>
- Newsgroups: misc.invest
- Date: 18 Nov 92 20:28 PST
- Subject: Re: A stupid question I should know
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- |After reading time and time again about this or that company
- |issuing 2 million more shares, it suddenly dawned on me
- |that I don't understand how this process works !!
- |[...]
- |If a share is supposed to represent a peice of the corporation,
- |how can "new" peices get created?? Where did these new peices
- |come from?
- |Are these shares that already existed, but were held
- |internally by the corporation??
- |If anyone can shed light on how this process works,
- |it would be greatly appreciated.
- |Keith
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- When a company incorporates, its capital (read shares of stock) is
- stated in its Articles of Incorporation. The company can issue as
- many of these shares as it chooses. Any left in the treasury are
- described as authorized but unissued. When a company wishes to
- issue more stock but has none left in its treasury, it can amend
- its Articles to increase its capital by applying to the state in
- which it is incorporated. DMcKenzie
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