Sentences with phrase «preferred shareholders in a company»

Also referred to as net worth as it represents the ownership interest of common and preferred shareholders in a company.

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He then sued the company for «Proposal 2» in Apple's proxy statement, which essentially only allows Apple to issue preferred stock with the approval of shareholders.

In addition to the dividends Apple began paying in the past year and the stock buyback program underway, Einhorn wants the company to distribute a special preferred class of stock to shareholderIn addition to the dividends Apple began paying in the past year and the stock buyback program underway, Einhorn wants the company to distribute a special preferred class of stock to shareholderin the past year and the stock buyback program underway, Einhorn wants the company to distribute a special preferred class of stock to shareholders.

We see equities remaining the dominant source of income going forward, though we prefer dividend growers — companies that increase their payout to shareholders — over dividend payers in this environment.

Naturally, shareholders would prefer to reinvest a business's earnings into more ownership of a business rather than see the cash sit in the company's bank accounts for a paltry.5 % annual return.

In the event of company bankruptcy, preferred shareholders have a higher priority claim on company assets than common shareholders.

It means that if the company performs exceptionally, the preferred shareholders can not partake in the sharing of the excess profits like common shareholders will do.

This is tempting for companies, as the preferred shareholders do not have votes and thus a voice in the corporate governance.

For this reason, if a company records a loss in a particular year, it may need to pay the preferred shareholders from its reserves.

A company involved in only one profitable line of business would typically prefer selling out to liquidating because possible double taxation (taxes both at the corporate and shareholder level) would be avoided.

He prefers to paint his role in those years with the same «activist investor» brush he holds today, arguing that he has created tens of billions of dollars of value for shareholders in companies in which he invested.

«After extensive consideration and in light of the uncertainty associated with the causes and potential liabilities associated with these wildfires as well as state policy uncertainties, the PG&E boards determined that suspending the common and preferred stock dividends is prudent with respect to cash conservation and is in the best long - term interests of the companies, our customers and our shareholders... We fully recognize the importance of dividends and intend to revisit the issue as we get more clarity.»

In a lengthy letter to the Konover board, shareholders represented by Greenwich, Conn. - based Mercury Partners LLC complain that the transaction is a bargain basement deal designed to the benefit of Paris - based Lazard, the parent company of Prometheus, and to the detriment of Konover's preferred and common stockholders.

The company used the net proceeds from the offering to reacquire regional RE / MAX franchise rights in the Southwest and Central Atlantic regions of the U.S., redeem preferred membership interests and to repurchase ownership stakes from existing shareholders.