What Is Dilution?

Dilution

Dilution refers to the reduction in an existing shareholder’s ownership percentage of a company when the company issues additional shares. Dilution in an IPO results from a disparity between the public offering price in an IPO and the effective cash cost to persons who acquired shares prior to the IPO. Dilution is disclosed in the registration statement in a dilution table.

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