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A share in a company is a proportionate ownership right in the company. | |||
Its main features normally include: | |||
- A right to a proportion of any residual assets of the company on a liquidation. | |||
- A right to receive any dividends declared. | |||
- A right to vote in general meetings of the company. | |||
- An obligation to subscribe equity capital of a fixed amount per share. | |||
Historically, shares were evidenced by paper certificates. | |||
More commonly, they are now recorded in electronic form. | |||
== | == See also == | ||
* [[Allotment]] | |||
* [[Common stock]] | |||
* [[Concert party]] | |||
* [[Control]] | |||
* [[Dilution]] | |||
* [[Dividend]] | |||
* [[Equity]] | |||
* [[Equity capital]] | |||
* [[Equity market]] | |||
* [[FA 1985 Pool]] | |||
* [[Flowback]] | |||
* [[Issued share capital]] | |||
* [[Liquidation]] | |||
* [[Ordinary shares]] | |||
* [[Preference shares]] | |||
* [[Security]] | |||
* [[Share capital]] | |||
* [[Shareholder]] | |||
[[ | [[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]] | ||
[[Category:The_business_context]] | |||
[[Category:Corporate_finance]] | |||
[[Category:Investment]] | |||
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]] | |||
Revision as of 13:10, 17 December 2020
A share in a company is a proportionate ownership right in the company.
Its main features normally include:
- A right to a proportion of any residual assets of the company on a liquidation.
- A right to receive any dividends declared.
- A right to vote in general meetings of the company.
- An obligation to subscribe equity capital of a fixed amount per share.
Historically, shares were evidenced by paper certificates.
More commonly, they are now recorded in electronic form.
