These units can
represent fractions of shares, whole shares, or multiple shares in the foreign company.
An ADR may represent the underlying shares on a one - for - one basis, or it may
represent a fraction of a share or multiple shares.
Not exact matches
In fact, this pair
represents only a tiny
fraction of the digital ecosystem that has built up around the exploiting
of information Facebook users
share online, as described in detail by Austria's Cracked Labs Institute for Critical Digital Culture, in a June 2017 study.
Even though these
share acquisitions
represent a small
fraction of shares outstanding, the fact that insiders are adding to their holdings signals confidence in the future
of the company.
It
represents just a tiny
fraction of WCB's 56 million issued
shares but small
share trades are increasingly important to this deal because 45 per cent
of the stock is locked up by Bega, Murray Goulburn and strategic holder Lion.
This usually causes
share prices to go down (because you are diluting the company, and each
share represents ownership in a smaller
fraction of the company), but it also creates an influx
of cash into the company.
E-books
represent a
fraction of overall publishing sales, but it's a growing
share: The Association
of American Publishers says that though e-book sales for the month
of May totaled just $ 29.3 million, sales grew by 163 percent that month and have already increased by 207 percent in 2010 compared with 2009.
Different
share classes may also
represent a
fraction of a corresponding stock with a different
share class (ex.
Professional agents won't
share their commissions with anyone and when looking at the franchise fees
of most franchise systems, these fees
represent a small
fraction, compared to what the agents give up in the MLM solution.