Company that offers its securities for sale to the general public
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A public company[a] is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange (listed company), which facilitates the trade of shares, or not (unlisted public company). In some jurisdictions, public companies over a certain size must be listed on an exchange. In most cases, public companies are private enterprises in the private sector, and "public" emphasizes their reporting and trading on the public markets.
Public companies are formed within the legal systems of particular states, and therefore have associations and formal designations which are distinct and separate in the polity in which they reside. In the United States, for example, a public company is usually a type of corporation (though a corporation need not be a public company), in the United Kingdom it is usually a public limited company (plc), in France a "société anonyme" (SA), and in Germany an Aktiengesellschaft (AG). While the general idea of a public company may be similar, differences are meaningful, and are at the core of international law disputes with regard to industry and trade.
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A publiccompany is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter...
A public limited company (legally abbreviated to PLC or plc) is a type of publiccompany under United Kingdom company law, some Commonwealth jurisdictions...
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limited companies (including subsidiary, small and inactive) must file annual financial statements with Companies House, all of which are public records...
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