Par value stock
Par value stock is capital stock to which the charter has assigned a value per share. Years ago, par value determined the legal capital per share that a company must retain in the business for the protection of corporate creditors; that amount was not available for withdrawal by stockholders. Thus, in the past, most states required the corporation to sell its shares at a par or above.
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