Shares, representing part of the company's ownership, are divided into common shares, preferred shares and incomplete shares. 1. shares generally have the following three meanings:
1. shares are an integral part of the capital of a joint stock limited company;
2. Shares represent the rights and obligations of shareholders of a joint stock limited company;
3. The stock can express its value in the form of stock price.
2. How to calculate the proportion of investment shares?
1. The proportion of shares invested shall be calculated by dividing the capital contribution of shareholders when investing in shares by the total capital of the company. Shareholders of a limited liability company shall be liable to the company to the extent of their subscribed capital contribution. Shareholders of a joint stock limited company shall be liable to the company to the extent of the shares subscribed by them.
What are the basic rights of ordinary shareholders?
The basic rights of common shareholders are as follows:
1. The company's right to participate in decision-making. Ordinary shareholders have the right to attend the shareholders' meeting, to propose, vote and vote, or to entrust others to exercise shareholders' rights on their behalf;
2. Profit distribution right. Ordinary shareholders have the right to receive dividends from the company's profit distribution. The dividend of common stock is not fixed, which is determined by the profitability of the company and its distribution policy. After the preferred shareholders receive the fixed dividend, the common shareholders enjoy the dividend distribution right;
3. options. If the company needs to expand and issue more common shares, the existing common shareholders have the right to buy a certain number of newly issued shares at a certain price lower than the market price according to their shareholding ratio, so as to maintain their original enterprise ownership ratio.
legal ground
Company Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 103
Shareholders attending the shareholders' meeting shall have one vote for each share they hold. However, the shares of the company held by the company have no voting rights.
The resolution of the shareholders' meeting must be passed by more than half of the voting rights held by the shareholders present at the meeting. However, the resolutions of the shareholders' meeting to amend the Articles of Association, increase or decrease the registered capital, and the resolutions of the company's merger, establishment, dissolution or change of corporate form must be adopted by more than two thirds of the voting rights held by the shareholders present at the meeting.