Financial Glossary what is corporate-actions


Corporate Actions

A rather grand term referring to various things that companies can do which affect the number of shares in issue. Examples are: takeovers, bonus/scrip issues, share splits, buybacks, rights issues and consolidations. Most corporate actions will in some way change the number of shares in issue, or the ratio of a holding to the total number in issue, or the acquisition cost of shares for tax purposes.
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