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Types of Shareholders

Cumulative Preference Shares
Cumulative Preference Shares

For example, a company issues cumulative preferred stock with a par value of $10,000 and an annual payment rate of 6%. The economy slows down; the company can only afford to pay half the dividend and owes the cumulative preferred shareholder $300 per share.

Deferred Ordinary Shares
Deferred Ordinary Shares

Deferred shares – a method of stock payment to directors and executives of a company – are deposited into a locked account. The value of these shares fluctuates with the market and cannot be accessed by the beneficiary for the purpose of liquidation until they are no longer employees of the company or a particular date has past and the employee is considered fully vested with the company.

Non-Voting Ordinary Shares
Non-Voting Ordinary Shares

Ordinary shares must be part of the stock of all corporations, as defined in their articles of association, and at least one ordinary share must be issued to a shareholder. In other words, someone has to be the owner of the corporation.

Ordinary Shares
Ordinary Shares

An ordinary share represents equity ownership in a company proportionally with all other ordinary shareholders, according to their percentage of ownership in the company. All other shares of a company's stock are, by definition, preferred shares.

Preference Shares
Preference Shares

Preference shareholders receive payment prior to common shareholders receiving anything. Still, there is a risk in being behind creditors. Due to this risk, investors may want to focus on preference shares in companies with strong credit ratings where there is a lower likelihood of default.

Redeemable Preference Shares
Redeemable Preference Shares

Preference shares, more commonly referred to as preferred stock, are shares of a company’s stock with dividends that are paid out to shareholders before common stock dividends are issued. If the company enters bankruptcy, the shareholders with preferred stock are entitled to be paid from company assets first.

Redeemable Shares
Redeemable Shares

Mandatorily redeemable shares are shares that are owned by an individual or entity and must be redeemed at a stated time or following a specific event. Mandatorily redeemable shares are shares that are owned by an individual or entity and must be redeemed at a stated time or following a specific event.