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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

Paulson stayed away from the bonus issue for two reasons.

From Time Magazine Archive

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