Corp. Code, § 188 · Chapter 1. General Provisions and Definitions
Corp. Code, § 188
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“Stock split” means the pro rata division, otherwise than by a share dividend, of all the outstanding shares of a class into a greater number of shares of the same class by an amendment to the articles stating the effect on outstanding shares.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 682.
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