Refer to Lanier Tech. What is the number of the company's unissued shares of common stock at December 31, 2015?

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According to the financial statement provided for Lanier Tech, it had 42,000 unissued shares of common stock at December 31, 2015. This is shown in the Stockholders' Equity section of the balance sheet under the heading "Common stock - authorized 100,000 shares; issued 58,000 shares; outstanding 52,000 shares". This means that 58,000 shares had been authorized and issued, but only 52,000 were outstanding, leaving 6,000 shares in treasury (which were previously issued but repurchased by the company) and 42,000 shares unissued.