1 Once upon a time, when you bought broccoli you bought the whole vegetable, stems and crowns. Then it became customary for grocery store produce departments to separate the crowns from the stems and to sell the crowns at a premium. 2  Iâm not a fan of this practice, because I like both parts of the broccoli plant.
A company's first issue of common stock to the public is called an Initial Public Offering. Afterwards, a corporation may issue new equity at any time in order to finance its growth. When new common shares are offered to existing shareholders first, this is called a rights offering.
It allows (AT&T) to grow the share of consumers' spending on telecom.. DirecTV shareholders will get $28.50 per share in cash and $66.50 per share worth in AT&T stock.In the stock portion of the deal, they will receive 1.905 AT&T shares if AT&T stock price is below $34.90 at closing or 1.724 AT&T shares if its stock price is above $38.58.t allows (AT&T) to grow the share of consumers' spending on telecom.. DirecTV shareholders will get $28.50 per share in cash and $66.50 per share worth in AT&T stock.