Definition

1. Noun:
   • A corporate finance action: In corporation law, a "stock issue" refers to the formal authorization by a company's board of directors and the subsequent offering and delivery of new shares of its stock for sale to investors.
   • The shares offered: It can also refer to the specific batch or offering of shares made available to the public at a particular time.

Usage and Examples

• Noun:
  • The company announced a new stock issue to raise capital for expansion.
  • Investors were eager to participate in the latest stock issue from the technology firm.

Advanced Usage

• "to float a stock issue": To officially launch and offer a new issue of shares to the public market.
  • The corporation decided to float a stock issue to fund its research and development.
• "rights issue": A specific type of stock issue where existing shareholders are given the right to purchase additional shares, usually at a discount.
  • The rights issue allowed current investors to maintain their proportional ownership.

Variants and Related Words

• Issuance (n): The act of issuing something, such as shares or currency. (e.g., )
• Public offering (n): A broader term for offering securities like stocks or bonds to the public. A stock issue is a type of public offering.
• Share issue (n): A synonym commonly used, especially in British English.

Synonyms

• Equity offering: An offering of company stock (equity) to investors.
• Share flotation: The process of making a company's shares available for purchase on a stock exchange for the first time (specifically for an Initial Public Offering, or IPO).

Related Financial Terms (Not Phrasal Verbs)

• Underwrite: To guarantee the purchase of an entire stock issue from the issuing company, typically by an investment bank, before offering it to the public.
  • The bank agreed to underwrite the stock issue.
• Allotment: The distribution of shares from a stock issue to applicants.
  • The allotment of shares was completed within a week.

Noun

1. (corporation law) the authorization and delivery of shares of stock for sale to the public or the shares thus offered at a particular time