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Re: Cassandra post# 121471

Friday, 04/18/2014 4:12:22 PM

Friday, April 18, 2014 4:12:22 PM

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Authorized Shares
Authorized shares refer to the largest number of shares that a single corporation can issue. The number of authorized shares per company is assessed at the company's creation and can only be increased or decreased through shareholders' vote. If at the time of incorporation the documents state that 100 shares are authorized, then only 100 shares can be issued.

But just because a company can issue a certain number of shares doesn't mean it will issue all of them to the public. Typically companies will, for many reasons, keep a portion of the shares in their own treasury. For example, company XYZ may decide to maintain a controlling interest within the treasury just to ward off any hostile takeover bids. On the other hand, the company may have shares handy in case it wants to sell them for excess cash (rather than borrowing). This tendency of a company to reserve some of its authorized shares leads us to the next important and related term: outstanding shares. http://www.investopedia.com/articles/basics/03/030703.asp



Oh and BTW - PVEC overturned the summary judgement in TX today - it will be heard by the Texas Court....

Just thought you all might like to know!

Jason