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Issued shares
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Economics/HYctA2Dn">economics</a> and <a href="/facts/Law/luzxWkg0">law</a>, issued shares are the <a href="/facts/Shares/Tu13xJbS">shares</a> of a <a href="/facts/Corporation/hykSVoWJ">corporation</a> which have been allocated (allotted) and are subsequently held by <a href="/facts/Shareholders/LjuL2KPt">shareholders</a>. The act of creating new issued shares is called <i>issuance</i>. Allotment is simply the transfer of shares to a subscriber. After allotment, a subscriber becomes a shareholder, though usually that also requires formal entry in a <a href="/facts/Share_registry/Yz6BgvlE">share registry</a>. </p>