The process whereby money from a company's reserves is converted into issued capital and then distributed to shareholders as new shares, in proportion to their original holdings, also known as bonus or scrip issue.
Also known as a scrip issue, a bonus issue a free issue or a gratis issue. It is the issue of new fully paid shares in a company to existing shareholders for free an a basis pro-rata to existing holdings.
The issue of new shares to existing shareholders at no charge in proportion to their existing shareholdings. It is basically a bookkeeping exercise.... more on: Capitalisation issue
An issue whereby funds from a company's reserves are converted into shares which are issued free of charge to the company's shareholders.
The issue by a company of new shares which do not require any paymnt to be made by the shareholder. This has the effect of making the company's shares more marketable because of the increased number available and the lower market price. A Capitalisation Issue is the same as a Bonus Issue and Scrip Issue.
This occurs when a company issues 'bonus shares' out of undistributed reserves. The shareholders get them free and thus own more shares, but the price corrects downwards accordingly. It is often done to protect against take-overs where the company wants to protect it's cash flow.
An issue of securities for no payment to the issuer but credited as fully paid up out of the issuer's reserves. Such an issue does not of itself alter the value of shareholders' holdings in aggregate or individually
The process whereby money from a company's reserves is converted into issued capital, which is then distributed to shareholders. Also known as a bonus or scrip dividend.
Money from a company's reserves is converted into issued capital, which is then distributed to shareholders in place of a cash dividend. Also known as a bonus or scrip issue.
