stock split

stock split
An increase in the number of shares evidencing the ownership of a corporation without altering the amount of capital, surplus, or segregated earnings. 19 Am J2d Corp § 808. A mere dividing up of the outstanding shares of a corporation into a greater number of units without disturbing the stockholder's original proportional participating interest in the corporation; a matter of form not of substance. Re Hormann's Estate, 3 App Div 2d 5, 157 NYS2d 704; Re Hogan's Estate, 24 Misc 2d 449, 138 NYS2d 864.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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