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GRFTSE Trading Rules

Grand Plutocracy
05-02-2006, 19:02
GRFT Stock Exchange



The Global Region for Free Trade Stock Exchange (GRFTSE) welcomes trading partners from all regions. However, certain rules exist to ensure fair, lawful trading.

Companies:

1) Companies on the SE can trade in any goods or services. Metals, such as uranium are to be traded on the Precious Metals Market;

2) Tradable Precious Metals include:

Uranium;
Enriched Uranium;
Gold;
Silver;
Copper;
Titanium; and
Cobalt.


3) Any nation or group of nations with a controlling interest (at least 51% all shares required) in any firm can open a Business Account for that company with the CGP Central Bank. All profits, excluding dividend payments, can be deposited in an account and used to purchase shares or companies to form a group;

4) Only funds deposited in the CGP Central Bank, or other recognised institution, can be used for the purchase of stocks and shares;

5) Nstate companies must have an equivalent on the London Stock Exchange (http://www.londonstockexchange.com/en-gb/). This is to allow performance tracking. When preparing to float a company, nations must specify which company they wish to be linked to (see Floating a New Company below).

Nations can decide which company they link themselves to, or can leave this decision upto the Chairman of the GRFTSE;

6) Profit is calculated every three months (1 March, 1 June, 1 Sept, 1 Dec). Nations will be provided with details of how to calculate this and are expeted to pay themselves, and their share holders;

7) Any company flouting any rule may have trading suspended. This will include the freezing of all accounts held in CGP banks.

Floating a New Company

1) Companies wishing to float on the GRFTSE must contact the Commonwealth of Grand Plutocracy with the following information:

Name of the Company;
Business Type;
Nation wishing to form Company;
Initial shares you wish to sell;
What percentage of total shares the current amount on sale represents;
Notes: If you want to provide any notes or other information on the company, this can be added. Try to keep it short.


If you have a company you wish to link yours to in mind, please include this information. Otherwise, a decision will be made on your behalf.
You must indicate the % of quarterly profits that you intend to redirect to the shareholders.

2) Companies cannot begin trading until they have been issued a Stock Exchange Code. Once this is done, and confirmed via telegram, you may begin trading;.


Shares and Share Holders

1) Any nation or company holding shares is a share holder;

2) Profits from the sale of shares are the property of the controlling company or nation, and maybe deposited in the CGP Central Bank or elsewhere;

3) The selling and buying of shares must be conducted on the GRFTSE main page;

4) The share price is fixed for one week, updated from the share linked share price on the LSE or NYSE every weekend;

5) It is the duty of majority shareholders to pay dividends to any other share holder out of the quarterly profits.