outstanding issue

outstanding issue definition - legal

n

The total number of shares actually sold to shareholders less treasury stock; must be less than the authorized issue (the amount permitted by the companyÂ’s charter).

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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