But it's absolutely essential--so the shares only mean something as a relation to their total number of shares.

这是十分必要的,所有股票只有在,和总体股本数量联系起来看时才有意义

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They'll say, we are pleased to announce that we are paying a dividend in new shares issued today by the company equal to 5% of your existing shares-- so it's a 5% dividend--congratulations.

他们会说,我们很高兴的宣布,本次股利,今日将以新股的形式发放,价值为现存股本的5%,所以是5%的股利,恭喜

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Of course it's lowering your share of the company, but offsetting this is that the company is taking in money from the person who bought the shares and so it doesn't dilute you.

当然这会降低你对公司的控股,但补偿是公司增大了股本,因为人们购买股份,不会摊薄你的那份

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