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  2. Stock certificate - Wikipedia

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    Certificate for a share in Kennet and Avon Canal Navigation, Great Britain, 1808. In corporate law, a stock certificate (also known as certificate of stock or share certificate) is a legal document that certifies the legal interest (a bundle of several legal rights) of ownership of a specific number of shares (or, under Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code in the United States, a ...

  3. Differential voting right shares - Wikipedia

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    Differential voting right (DVR) shares are the same as ordinary equity shares except such stock does not dilute the promoters voting rights and makes it difficult for hostile takeovers. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] On the other hand, DVR shares have been described as an instrument that is more beneficial to the issuers than to investors, and it often leads to ...

  4. Glossary of mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers - Wikipedia

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    To purchase just less than 5% shares of a company to get a toehold, so that one can buy more later and notify the authorities that one now holds more than 5% shares of the company. White Knight A term used in a hostile takeover context, when a company, which can not prevent a takeover looks for a friendly rescuer who might outbid the Black ...

  5. Non-voting stock - Wikipedia

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    Non-voting stock is the stock that provides the shareholder very little or no vote on corporate matters, such as election of the board of directors or mergers.This type of share is usually implemented for individuals who want to invest in the company's profitability and success at the expense of voting rights in the direction of the company.

  6. Bearer instrument - Wikipedia

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    Despite the first unfortunate experience, this form of participation in the joint-stock company as the acquisition of certificates of bearer shares became quite widespread in Europe. Today the main use of bearer instruments is in offshore financial centers for the purpose of hiding information about the real owner of the instrument.

  7. Tag-along right - Wikipedia

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    Consider an example: A and B are both shareholders in a company, with A being the majority shareholder and B the minority shareholder. C, a third party, offers to buy A's shares at an attractive price, and A accepts. In this situation, tag-along rights would allow B to also participate in the sale under the same terms and conditions as A.

  8. Short (finance) - Wikipedia

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    Short Interest relates the number of shares in a given equity that have been legally shorted divided by the total shares outstanding for the company, usually expressed as a percent. For example, if there are ten million shares of XYZ Inc. that are currently legally short-sold, and the total number of shares issued by the company is one hundred ...

  9. Forfeiture and waiver - Wikipedia

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    Waiver is the voluntary relinquishment, surrender or abandonment of some known right or privilege. Forfeiture is the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform, etc. Per U.S. v. Olano, if a defendant has waived a right, then he cannot obtain redress in appellate court.