11. Seven percent of Gazprom's shares are held as treasury stock for eventual sale to institutional investors. 12. The shares were purchased from Santander's treasury stock and not in the open market, a Santander official said. 13. In this method, the paid-in capital account is reduced in the balance sheet when the treasury stock is bought. 14. They will come from Gazprom's treasury stock of 9 percent of the company's shares set aside for foreign investors. 15. The stock purchased will be used for acquisitions, contributions to company pension plans or for treasury stock , the company said. 16. The SFC noted that companies would be more prepared to buy back shares if they could be treated as treasury stock . 17. The Tours, France-based company also said it would sell its treasury stock to Auchan, which represents 4.7 percent of Docks's capital. 18. The stock will become treasury stock and could be used for a wide range of purposes including acquisitions, the company said. 19. Instead of retiring shares, as previously done, they go into Dell's treasury stock account, so there is no impact on retained earnings. 20. They would prefer to keep the shares as " Treasury stock " so that they can be sold when prices surge upwards.
