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{{g}}A [[corporate action]] with regard to a [[security]] is an extraordinary event which changes the capital structure of the organisation — for example, a [[merger]], takeover, rights issue, stock split, restructuring  — which obliges a shareholder to make a vote or exercise an election of some kind. To be distinguished from a normal [[annual general meeting]] —part of the peacetime governance of any publicly traded company, which, though giving rise to opportunities to vote, is ''not'' regarded as a [[corporate action]] as such.
{{g}}A [[corporate action]] with regard to a [[security]] is an extraordinary event which changes the capital structure of the organisation — for example, a [[merger]], takeover, rights issue, stock split, restructuring  — which obliges a shareholder to make a vote or exercise an election of some kind. To be distinguished from a normal [[annual general meeting]] —part of the peacetime governance of any publicly traded company, which, though giving rise to opportunities to vote, is ''not'' regarded as a [[corporate action]] as such.


[[]Corporate actions]] can get tasty in the context of a [[stock lending]] arrangement, if the {{gmslaprov|Borrower}} is [[short]] the security in question on the [[record date]].
[[Corporate action]]s can get tasty in the context of a [[stock lending]] arrangement, if the {{gmslaprov|Borrower}} is [[short]] the security in question on the [[record date]].


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