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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Rights issue]]
* [[Scrip issue]]
* [[Scrip issue]]


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[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]

Latest revision as of 22:13, 22 April 2022

Similar to a scrip issue, a share split also results in the shareholder owning more shares in proportion to the initial holding.


Under a share split each share is subdivided so that the par value is also subdivided; a 5 for 1 split would see an initial par value of 25p reduced to 5p for each new share.


See also