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Capitalization

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Updated: Aug 20, 2021

The term refers to the reseerves of limited companies which, either because they are not legally distributable or because the company wishes them to be come a permanent part of capital, are given capital status by being allocated to members as bonus shares to rank alongside existing shares. The procedure for this is defined in the Companies Acts.

Reference: The Penguin Business Dictionary, 3rd edt.


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