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''Shareholder value.'' | |||
A share in a company is a proportionate ownership right in the company. | A share in a company is a proportionate ownership right in the company. | ||
Its main features normally include: | 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 receive any dividends declared. | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Allotment]] | * [[Allotment]] | ||
* [[Bond]] | |||
* [[Common stock]] | * [[Common stock]] | ||
* [[Concert party]] | * [[Concert party]] | ||
* [[Control]] | * [[Control]] | ||
* [[Dilution]] | * [[Dilution]] | ||
* [[Dividend]] | |||
* [[Earnings per share]] | |||
* [[Equity]] | * [[Equity]] | ||
* [[Equity capital]] | * [[Equity capital]] | ||
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* [[FA 1985 Pool]] | * [[FA 1985 Pool]] | ||
* [[Flowback]] | * [[Flowback]] | ||
* [[Gilts]] | |||
* [[Issued share capital]] | * [[Issued share capital]] | ||
* [[Liquidation]] | |||
* [[Listing]] | |||
* [[Member]] | |||
* [[NOSH]] | |||
* [[Ordinary shares]] | * [[Ordinary shares]] | ||
* [[Paper]] | |||
* [[Preference shares]] | * [[Preference shares]] | ||
* [[Residual assets]] | |||
* [[Security]] | * [[Security]] | ||
* [[Share buy-back]] | |||
* [[Share capital]] | * [[Share capital]] | ||
* [[Share for share exchange]] | |||
* [[Share of wallet]] | |||
* [[Share premium]] | |||
* [[Share premium account]] | |||
* [[Share price]] | |||
* [[Share split]] | |||
* [[Shareholder]] | * [[Shareholder]] | ||
* [[Shareholder value]] | |||
* [[Shareholders’ funds]] | |||
* [[Shareholders’ wealth]] | |||
* [[Stakeholder]] | |||
* [[Stock]] | |||
* [[Stock exchange]] | |||
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]] | |||
[[Category:The_business_context]] | |||
[[Category:Corporate_finance]] | |||
[[Category:Investment]] | |||
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]] | |||
Revision as of 11:22, 14 June 2023
Shareholder value.
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
- Bond
- Common stock
- Concert party
- Control
- Dilution
- Dividend
- Earnings per share
- Equity
- Equity capital
- Equity market
- FA 1985 Pool
- Flowback
- Gilts
- Issued share capital
- Liquidation
- Listing
- Member
- NOSH
- Ordinary shares
- Paper
- Preference shares
- Residual assets
- Security
- Share buy-back
- Share capital
- Share for share exchange
- Share of wallet
- Share premium
- Share premium account
- Share price
- Share split
- Shareholder
- Shareholder value
- Shareholders’ funds
- Shareholders’ wealth
- Stakeholder
- Stock
- Stock exchange
