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ESCOMPTE ACTIONS [6 records]

Record 1 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
CONT

Treasury share underwritings or distributions are priced below the stock's prevailing market price, but the discount from the market can be no greater than a stated schedule of percentages (10% to 25% depending on the market price of the underwritten shares).

OBS

The correct French equivalent is "action" in this context because "stock" and "share" are used interchangeably as a singular noun. However, "stock" is usually a collective noun, with "actions" as its French equivalent and "shares" as its synonym.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
CONT

Les prises fermes ou les placements d’actions de trésorerie sont effectués à un cours inférieur au cours du marché de l'action, mais l'escompte par rapport au marché ne peut être plus important que certains pourcentages fixés(de 10% à 25% suivant le cours du marché des actions prises ferme).

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
CONT

Trading in shares is executed by stockbrokers, who buy and sell shares on behalf of investors. Increasingly, investors buy shares over the internet, using online broking services.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
CONT

[...] les investisseurs autonomes canadiens envient les commissions très avantageuses que proposent les courtiers à escompte américains sur les transactions d’actions.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bolsa de valores
  • Inversiones
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Record 3 2015-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

Cut-rate brokerage service, involving execution of securities buy or sell orders, without giving investment advice.

CONT

Discount brokerage. The execution of securities trades without advice. The discount broker buys and sells stock. Clients perform their own research or buy third party research, and therefore pay much less to execute trades.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
DEF

Service de courtage en valeurs mobilières sans conseil.

OBS

Le courtier à escompte achète et vend des actions. Les clients effectuent leur propre recherche ou ont recours à une tierce partie pour effectuer cette recherche, et par conséquent, le service de courtage obtenu coûte moins cher.

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

The amount by which the market value of a share drops below its par value.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
DEF

Excédent de la valeur nominale des actions sur leur prix d’émission.

OBS

En règle générale, la loi interdit l'émission d’actions à escompte.

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Law
  • Stock Exchange
  • Amalgamation and Partnerships (Finance)
CONT

A shareholder rights plan is an agreement between a public company and a trustee under which "rights" are created that attach to the fully-participating voting equity securities (i.e. usually the common shares) of a public company. The rights entitle shareholders, other than a shareholder who has acquired a specified percentage of the outstanding shares of the target (usually 20%), to buy newly-issued shares at a substantial discount from the trading price.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit commercial
  • Bourse
  • Fusion, absorption et coparticipation (Finances)
CONT

S’il existe divers types de pilules empoisonnées, la plus commune est sans doute le régime de droits de souscription [...] Essentiellement, le régime consiste en l'émission de droits aux actionnaires actuels de la société leur permettant d’acquérir, pour chaque action qu'ils détiennent, une nouvelle action de la cible à un prix escompté(habituellement la moitié de la valeur sur le marché). Les droits sont exercés lorsqu'un actionnaire acquiert des actions lui donnant un pourcentage d’actionnariat supérieur à celui permis dans le régime(typiquement 20%) sans obtenir l'approbation du conseil d’administration ou sans respecter les conditions de l'offre permise décrite au régime.

Spanish

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
OBS

see "discount"

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances

Spanish

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