Example sentences of "of the number of shares " in BNC.
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| 1 | This suggests that the size of the departures from the no-arbitrage condition will be a positive function of the number of shares in the index . |
| 2 | Even today , however , the older idea still prevails on a vote by a show of hands , when the common law rule is that each member has one vote irrespective of the number of shares held ; a rule which , although it can be altered by the constitution , is normally maintained , if only because the number of a human being 's hands can not be more than two . |
| 3 | The effect of this has been held to be that , even if the company omits to put them on the register they become members and holders of the number of shares stated . |
| 4 | A scrip issue is the alteration of the number of shares in issue . |
| 5 | ( 6 ) Subject as mentioned below , the tender may be at a fixed price ( tenders in excess of the number of shares sought being scaled down pro rata ) , or a maximum price ( if the offer is over-subscribed , the striking price will be the lowest price at which the number of shares sought is met , with everyone tendering at or below the striking price receiving that price and if the offer is over-subscribed at the striking price acceptances will be scaled down pro rata or balloted ) . |
| 6 | More people own shares but , as a percentage of the number of shares held , the individual shareholding has fallen from thirty percent in 1979 to eighteen percent today , and if all these shareholders c turned up to exercise their right and their power at the annual meeting of British Telecom or British Gas , or any other , to say , we think it 's outrageous the sort of money that you are now paying your chairs and your directors , what would happen ? |