Authorized capital shares include all types of shares that can be issued, such as: Common shares. Preferred shares. Restricted shares.
In California, a corporation must authorize at least one share but may authorize any number. You, as the founder, can be the sole stockholder and own all authorized shares yourself, or you can issue shares to others who you desire to co-own the corporation.
Authorized shares are the maximum number of shares that a company is permitted to issue to investors, as laid out in its articles of incorporation. Outstanding shares are the actual shares issued or sold to investors from the available number of authorized shares.
“Authorized shares” refers to the number of shares the corporation is allowed to issue under its certificate or articles of incorporation. 10 to 15 million is a commonly used range (we set 10 million as default for the Cooley GO Docs Incorporation Package).
Authorized stock represents the highest number of shares a corporation is legally allowed to issue, as outlined in its corporate charter. This number sets the ceiling for how many shares can be distributed to shareholders through public offerings, private sales or employee stock options.
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We generally suggest that a start-up initially authorize 10,000-10,000,000 shares of Common Stock (sometimes referred to in other countries as “ordinary shares” or “voting stock”). This amount of Common Stock enables sufficient shares for initial founder grants and for subsequent employee and consultant grants.
“Authorized shares” refers to the number of shares the corporation is allowed to issue under its certificate or articles of incorporation. 10 to 15 million is a commonly used range (we set 10 million as default for the Cooley GO Docs Incorporation Package).
Authorized shares refer to maximum number of shares that a corporation is allowed to issue. This number is usually referenced in a company's Articles of Incorporation. The only way to increase authorized shares is to make an amendment to the aforementioned document.
The number of authorized shares can be increased by the shareholders of the company at annual shareholder meetings, provided a majority of the current shareholders vote for the change.