SHARES
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Shares can be
defined as the individual portion of the company's capital owned by
shareholders. It is the interest which a Shareholder has in a company. In other
words, share is a unit of capital measured by a sum of money. The Company Act
defines a Share as "The Interest in a Company's Share Capital of a Member
who is entitled to share in the income of such company."
TYPES OF SHARES:
There
are two major types of shares. These are Preference and Ordinary Shares.
1.
PREFERENCE SHARES- is the type
of share which has priority i terms of dividend payment and repayment of
capital in the event of winding up. They have a fixed rate of dividends
Features of Preference Shares:
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They have no Voting Rights.