Paid-up Capital
Paid-up capital is the amount of money has received by 7-Eleven from shareholders in exchange for shares of stock. Paid-up capital is only created when 7-Eleven sells its shares on the primary market directly to investors. When shares are bought and sold between investors on the secondary market, no additional paid-up capital is created because the proceeds of those transactions go to the selling shareholders, not the issuing company. (http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/paidupcapital.asp)
Paid-up capital represents money that is not borrowed. 7-Eleven that is fully paid-up has sold all available shares, and cannot increase its capital unless it borrows money by taking on debt or gets authorization to sell more shares. The paid-up
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7-Eleven noticed that total share issuance expenses for the IPO exercise amounted to RM13,748,000, of which RM6,533,000 were written off against share premium account pursuant to Section 60 of Companies Act, 1965 in Malaysia. …show more content…
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