Corporate action

Companies - listed companies.

A corporate action is something decided, or done, by a company that may affect the shares, bonds or other securities issued by it.

Examples include dividends, acquisitions, mergers and disposals.

Listed companies must announce their corporate actions to the whole market simultaneously.

See also

• Acquisition
• Bond
• Company
• Deal
• Dividend
• Listed company
• Merger
• Regulatory News Service
• Security
• Share