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Re: wyngrav post# 3343

Thursday, 08/31/2006 3:24:27 PM

Thursday, August 31, 2006 3:24:27 PM

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it means what its true value is or where it when public at.

Par value, in finance, means stated value or face value.
Par value of an equity (a stock) is a somewhat archaic concept. The par value of a stock was the share price upon initial offering; the issuing company promised not to issue further shares below par value, so investors could be confident that no one else was receiving a more favorable issue price. This was far more important in unregulated equity markets than in the regulated markets that exist today.

Most common stocks issued today do not have par values; those that do (usually only in jurisdictions where par values are required by law) have extremely low par values, for example a penny par value on a stock issue at USD$25/share.