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bonus issue

American

noun

Stock Exchange.

an issue of free shares distributed pro rata to existing stockholders instead of a dividend.

bonus issue British

noun

Also called: scrip issue. an issue of shares made by a company without charge and distributed pro rata among existing shareholders

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"The bonus issue is on a collision course with shareholders again. I have been unhappy with this for a long time," one of the bank's institutional shareholders told Reuters on Tuesday.

From Reuters • Mar. 11, 2014

The bonus issue is going to create “hell on the streets in a few months,” Diamond was told by Labour parliamentarian George Mudie.

From BusinessWeek • Jan. 11, 2011

It is making the bonus issue disappear, just like that.

From The Guardian • Dec. 21, 2010

The CBI boss said the big banks should seek to defuse the bonus issue by negotiating a "ceasefire" among themselves which would limit payouts.

From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2010

Geithner's supporters argue that the AIG bailout was pulled together in less than one business day and that it's understandable that the bonus issue was not central to those negotiations.

From Time Magazine Archive

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