ADM 1340 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Initial Public Offering, Comprehensive Income, Retained Earnings

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Corporation is a legal entity that is separate and distinct from its owners, who are. Public: may have thousands of shareholders, sells shares to public. Private: usually only a few shareholders, no shares for sale known as shareholders. Characteristics of a corporation: separate legal existence limited liability of shareholders (to investment) Common (more common, if corporation only has one its common) Vote share in corporate profit share in the distribution of assets upon liquidation of the corporation. Authorized share capital: amount of share capital that a corporation is authorized to sell, only disclosed ifrs. Issued shares: authorized shares that have been sold. Legal capital: share capital cannot be distributed to shareholders unlike retained earnings, which can be distributed as dividends. Initial public offering (ipo): when a corporation offers its shares to the public for the first time, share price is set by the company.

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