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Rights of Preference Shareholders
Rights of Preference Shareholders
Rights of Preference Shareholders
2- The claim of Preference shareholders is prior to the claim of Equity shareholders or any
other class of shareholders.
3- The dividend rate is fixed for the preference shareholders, whether the company makes
profit or not.
4- If the company will skip preference dividends for three years, then it has to grant voting
right to preference shareholders , on matters affecting them.
5- When the company is wound up, then the repayment of capital will paid first to the
preference shareholders, prior to the equity shareholders or any other class of shareholders.
6- The shareholders will get a certificate issued by the company according to “The
Preference Shares (Regulation of Dividends) Act 1960”.