Share
A Share is a unit of ownership in a Company, of one class, held by one Holder.
Properties
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
class | string | required | The share class, such as common or preferred. |
quantity | integer | required | How many units the record holds. |
price | money | The price paid per unit at issue. | |
issuedAt | datetime | When the Company issued it. | |
certificate | File | The certificate or book-entry File. |
Object
{
"$id": "https: //api.sb/ patentpad.com/ shares/ share_1",
"$type": "Share",
"class": "common",
"quantity": 1,
"price": {
"amount": 499,
"currency": "USD"
},
"issuedAt": "2026-10-22T12: 00: 00Z",
"certificate": "file_1"
}Relationships
- A Share is held by one Holder: each Share record belongs to one Holder; a transfer writes a new record for the new Holder.
heldBy, inverseshares. - A Share is issued by one Company: a Share is issued by one Company and sits on that Company’s cap table.
issuedBy, inverseshares.
Verbs
getReturns one Share by id.GET /{namespace}/shares/{id}listReturns Shares, newest first, one page at a time.GET /{namespace}/sharesissueIssue records new Shares of one class to a Holder under a board-approved Agreement, with the certificate or book entry.POST /{namespace}/shares/issuetransferTransfer moves Shares from one Holder to another under a signed Agreement, within the Company’s transfer restrictions.POST /{namespace}/shares/{share}/transfer
A Share is kept forever and never edited: it has no update or delete.
Permissions
Which Access level may call each Verb. One-way Verbs wait their delay window.
| Operation | owner | admin | member | viewer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Share.get | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Share.list | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Share.issue | Yes | No | No | No |
Share.transfer | Yes | No | No | No |
Call it
Issue the latest share with a holder and an agreement.Example
A Company issues 1 million common Shares to a cofounder at $0.0001 each. The record carries the board-approved Agreement and the book-entry certificate.