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A floating exchange rate system in which some government intervention takes place.  
An issue of bonus shares in proportion to existing shares held.


  Also called a dirty float.
A 'one-for-one' scrip issue would mean that one new share was issued for each share held. This would effectively halve the share price; each shareholder would still have the same share value.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Exchange rate]]
* [[Share split]]
* [[Scrip dividend]]
 

Revision as of 21:59, 19 August 2013

An issue of bonus shares in proportion to existing shares held.

A 'one-for-one' scrip issue would mean that one new share was issued for each share held. This would effectively halve the share price; each shareholder would still have the same share value.

See also