Sentence examples for share splits from inspiring English sources
A lot of time was spent adjusting prices to take account of share splits, dividends, delistings and so on.
Livedoor's penchant for share splits means it now accounts for almost half of all trading units on the exchange.
Trading yesterday at $9 (equivalent to $105 when adjusted for share splits) Pets.com Tipped after opening at $11 on flotation.
In 2006 the authorities raided Livedoor and found evidence that it had fabricated earnings using share splits and a series of fake companies.
Old faithfuls have done especially well: anybody who paid $2,250 for 100 shares when McDonald's was floated in 1965 would now own 18,59- shares (after ten share splits) worth more than $1m.
The shares fell from $640m to just over $90 a result of the complex share split.
The company also said it would split its stock 3-for-1, the first share split since May 1987.
PCCW and the investment vehicle Pacific Century Regional Developments, which Mr. Li controls, had argued that share splitting was legal in Hong Kong.
The system had been an obstacle to Apple joining the index but its seven-for-one share split last year allayed concerns that the company's share price, then above $600, would skew the index.
Yahoo Japan shares hit 101.4 million yen, or $959,600, in morning trading on Wednesday, continuing a rally inspired by a planned 2-for-1 share split announced the previous week.
The group, which also owns brand names like Cartier and Montblanc, said it plans for a 100-for-one share split, after a change in Swiss law that will allow lower nominal values per share.
