share bonus
1deferred share bonus plan — Where all or part of the employee s bonus is not delivered in cash but in shares and receipt is deferred and made contingent on the recipient remaining in employment until the end of the deferral period. Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK,… …
2bonus share — ➔ Share …
3share premium — Under the Companies Act 1985, if the amount paid to the company on subscription for the issue of shares is greater than their nominal value, the surplus is called share premium. The aggregate of the share premium is transferred in the company s… …
4bonus — bo‧nus [ˈbəʊnəs ǁ ˈboʊ ] noun [countable] 1. HUMAN RESOURCES an extra amount of money added to an employee s wages, usually as a reward for doing difficult or good work: • The bonus is discretionary but linked to performance. • The car company is …
5bonus shares — bonus issue Shares issued to the existing shareholders of a company following a scrip issue The number of shares received depends on the level of the shareholding prior to the bonus issue. The number of bonus shares is usually one share for a… …
6bonus dividend — ➔ dividend * * * bonus dividend UK US noun [C] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET ► an amount of money given by a company to its shareholders in addition to the usual payments they receive from the profits the company makes: »The bank will pay a bonus… …
7bonus — [bō′nəs] n. pl. bonuses [L, good < OL dvonus < IE * du , var. of base * deu , to venerate > OE (lang)twidig, (long) granted, L beare, pp. beatus, to make happy] anything given in addition to the customary or required amount; specif., a)… …
8bonus shares — shares allotted free to existing members of the company, usually in proportion to their existing shareholdings, and paid up by an accounting transfer to share capital account from profit and loss account, revaluation reserve, share premium… …
9share premium accounts — Under the Companies Act 1985, if the amount paid to the company on subscription for the issue of shares is greater than their nominal value, the surplus is called share premium. The aggregate of the share premium is transferred in the company s… …
10bonus share — share of stock awarded as a bonus …
