dividend rights

B shares would have reduced dividend rights and limits on transfers.

The finance cost for each period should be the dividend rights accruing in respect of the period.

The Court ruled that the preferred stock may not confer dividend rights, and Audiovox won the case.

As bearer shares, the company has no record of who owns them, but they have the same voting and dividend rights as the ordinary shares.

Examples of the wording that could be used for voting rights, dividend rights or distributions on winding up are as follows:

Votes need not necessarily attach to shares, as preferential shares (e.g., those with extra dividend rights) are frequently non-voting.

Restricted stock carries the same voting and dividend rights as ordinary stock, and Mr. Goizueta already has a great deal of it.

In practice, these are essentially subordinated loans and dividend rights capital, but not other financial instruments, such as loans, convertible loans and other outside funds.

The stock carries the same voting and dividend rights as ordinary stock and should be as valuable if Mr. Goizueta remains in office for four years.

Because they are redeemable at a fixed amount, and because the dividend rights are limited, AMPS constitute non-equity shares.

She also set up a trustee company to hold all the shares for staff members, giving up pension and dividend rights for herself, but continuing as chairman and joint managing dirctor.

Reflecting the expectation of diluted earnings next year, Roche's dividend rights certificates fell by about 185 Swiss francs, or 1.4 percent, to 13,005 Swiss francs today in Zurich.

Another Possibility Some analysts suggested that the announcement would concern a restructuring of Hoffmann-LaRoche's high-priced shares and dividend rights certificates, as well as the reorganization of its large chemicals business.

Ted Turner, the company's founder and chairman, controls 32 percent, but has voting control because the company has two classes of common, one - class A - with extra voting rights but inferior dividend rights, if dividends are ever paid.

"Antitrust law" emerged in the 19th century when industries created monopolistic trusts by entrusting their shares to a board of trustees in exchange for shares of equal value with dividend rights; these boards could then enforce a monopoly.

In July 2007, Virgin Group hedged 37pc of its stake in Virgin Media for $224m through a collared loan agreement with Credit Suisse, a transaction which enabled it to retain the voting and dividend rights.