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Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet
Public Companies
Private companies
In the UK In the US
Can’t sell share on the Are called public limited companies Are called SEC-registered
open market or quoted companies. companies or listed
companies.
Produce interim reports. Produce quarterly reports.
Publish an Annual Report and hold an Annual General Meeting.
12.1 Complete the table. Look at A and B opposite to help you.
12.3 Match the two parts of the sentences. Look at A and B opposite to help you.
We never been to AGM, so we don’t know about any disagreement between the shareholders
and the directors. But, we think that in AGM have any disagreement between them, such as the
decision of the directors that won’t to share the profit called dividend to the shareholder
because the directors want to upgrade the company, like to make an expansion. We think that
usually the shareholder is more powerful against directors, because the director is recruit by the
shareholder with 50 % plus one share of company who is the real owner.