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1 Types  



1.1  Ordinary shareholders  





1.2  Preference shareholders  







2 Rights  





3 See also  





4 References  














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Ashareholder (in the United States often referred to as stockholder) of corporate stock refers to an individualorlegal entity (such as another corporation, a body politic, a trustorpartnership) that is registered by the corporation as the legal owner of shares of the share capital of a publicorprivate corporation. Shareholders may be referred to as members of a corporation. A person or legal entity becomes a shareholder in a corporation when their name and other details are entered in the corporation's register of shareholders or members,[1] and unless required by law the corporation is not required or permitted to enquire as to the beneficial ownership of the shares. A corporation generally cannot own shares of itself.[2]

The influence of shareholders on the business is determined by the shareholding percentage owned. Shareholders of corporations are legally separate from the corporation itself. They are generally not liable for the corporation's debts, and the shareholders' liability for company debts is said to be limited to the unpaid share price unless a shareholder has offered guarantees. The corporation is not required to record the beneficial ownership of a shareholding, only the owner as recorded on the register. When more than one person is on the record as owners of a shareholding, the first one on the record is taken to control the shareholding, and all correspondence and communication by the company will be with that person.[clarification needed]

Shareholders may have acquired their shares in the primary market by subscribing to the IPOs and thus provided capital to the corporation. However, most shareholders acquire shares in the secondary market and provided no capital directly to the corporation. Shareholders may be granted special privileges depending on a share class. The board of directors of a corporation generally governs a corporation for the benefit of shareholders.

Shareholders are considered by some to be a subsetofstakeholders, which may include anyone who has a direct or indirect interest in the business entity. For example, employees, suppliers, customers, the community, etc., are typically considered stakeholders because they contribute value or are impacted by the corporation.

Types[edit]

Abeneficial shareholder is the person or legal entity that has the economic benefit of ownership of the shares, while a nominee shareholder is the person or entity that is on the corporation's register of members as the owner while being in reality that person acts for the benefit or at the direction of the beneficial owner, whether disclosed or not.

Primarily, there are two types of shareholders.

Ordinary shareholders[edit]

An individual or legal entity that owns ordinary shares of a company (in the United States commonly referred as common stock) is usually referred to as an ordinary shareholder. This type of shareholding is the most common. Ordinary shareholders have the right to influence decisions concerning the company by participating at general meetings of the company and in the election of directors and can file class action lawsuits, when warranted.[3]

Preference shareholders[edit]

Preference shareholders are owners of preference shares (in the United States commonly referred as preferred stock). They are paid a fixed rate of dividend, which is paid in priority to the dividend to be paid to the ordinary shareholders. Preference shareholders usually do not have voting rights in the company.[4]

Rights[edit]

Subject to the applicable laws, the rules of the corporation and any shareholders' agreement, shareholders may have the right:

The above-mentioned rights can be generally classified into (1) cash-flow rights and (2) voting rights. While the value of shares is mainly driven by the cash-flow rights that they carry ("cash is king"), voting rights can also be valuable. The value of shareholders' cash-flow rights can be computed by discounting future free cash flows. The value of shareholders' voting rights can be computed by four methods:

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Fontinelle, Amy (26 November 2003). "Shareholder". investopedia.com.
  • ^ "Company shareholders".
  • ^ "Shareholder – Definition, Roles, and Types of Shareholders". Corporate Finance Institute. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  • ^ Wright, Tiffany C. "Common Vs. Preferred Stock for Financing a Private Company". azcentral.com. Archived from the original on Jun 24, 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  • ^ a b c d e f g Velasco, Julian (2006). "The Fundamental Rights of the Shareholder" (PDF). UC Davis L. Rev. 40: 407–467. Archived (PDF) from the original on Apr 17, 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  • ^ Zingales, Luigi (1994). "The value of the voting right: a study of the Milan stock exchange experience". Review of Financial Studies. 7: 125–148. doi:10.1093/rfs/7.1.125.
  • ^ Dyck, A.; Zingales, L. (2004). "Private benefits of control: an international comparison". Journal of Finance. 59: 537–600. doi:10.3386/w8711.
  • ^ Kind, Axel; Poltera, Marco (2013). "The value of corporate voting rights embedded in option prices". Journal of Corporate Finance. 22: 16–34. doi:10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2013.03.004.
  • ^ Christoffersen, Susan; Geczy, Christopher; Musto, David; Reed, Adam (2007). "Vote Trading and Information Aggregation". The Journal of Finance. 62 (6): 2897–2929. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01296.x.

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