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Ordinary shares is a type of share. Ordinary shares are also known as common stock. In the United Kingdom, a common stock is known as an ordinary shares. An ordinary share is not a preferred share. The people who posses ordinary shares do not have any preset dividend amounts. A person who owns a share means that he or she is a partial owner of the company. An ordinary share holder has certain rights. He or she who is an ordinary share holder has the right to vote. He or she has the ability to elect the board of directors. Board of directors are the key person of an company. They are the people who take decisions about the company.
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These ordinary share have the right to change the members of the directors. A person who posses ordinary shares also gets the right to vote in various other matters of the company which include stock splits and company objectives. The ordinary shareholders also posses another right which is known as “preemptive rights.” This right allows the ordinary shareholders to buy as many new stocks as possible. But this does not mean that the person has to buy every stock that the company releases.
An ordinary shareholder is not obliged to buy the shares. In spite of all these advantages, an ordinary shareholder has a number of drawbacks. The ordinary shareholder receives the dividend declared by the company or organization only after everyone else has been paid the amount. There is rights to the distribution of profits in ordinary shares. Once the ordinary shares are issued it can be traded privately and can also be exchanged if it is in the list of the company. If there are more share buyers there will be tremendous rise in the price. In many countries the ordinary shares are also called as equity shares. The share holders of the ordinary shares have the right to vote at the company's general meeting not only this they also own the shares in the profit of the company. Shares are important for the expansion of the company. To gain more financial support the company issues share. There are many rights attached to each shares. The dividends are paid according to the shares. The company decides what share it has to to sell to gain more finance.
Annually the company hold a general meeting in which the company comes up with many strategies which can also influence the shareholders. That is why the shareholders of ordinary shares are given the right to attend the general meeting of the company. Sometime a share holder holds the share in the name of the nominee in this case the shareholder's name is not registered in the company's account that means the share holder cannot attend the meeting. If the share holder makes certain arrangements with the nominee he can also attend the meeting. The share holder must constantly keep a track of the company's progress. The dividends are given according to the company's profit.
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