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stock other than preferred stock; entitles the owner to a share of the corporation's profits and a share of the voting power in shareholder elections
over 40 million Americans invest in common stocks
How To Use ordinary shares In A Sentence
- Super Retail, which owns several retail chains, including Supercheap Auto and Ray's Outdoors, said the acquisition will be partly funded through a fully underwritten 9 for 19 pro-rata renounceable entitlement of new Super Retail ordinary shares at an offer price of A$5.34 per new share to raise about A$334 million. Super Retail Buys Rebel from Archer Capital
- Sound Diffusion ordinary shares were suspended in December at 22p and the group asked its bankers to appoint a receiver.
- Later that month a further 350,000 ordinary shares were placed at £3 per ordinary share.
- The firm also said in a note that it sees no "obvious read-across to the apparently committed strategic investor, Qatar Investment Authority, with 6.8% of the ordinary shares plus 379 million remaining warrants. Abu Dhabi Hedge Hits Barclays
- Venture capitalists will usually want ordinary shares as well as loan capital or preference shares in return for their investment.
- Oando Plc will raise the capital “through a Right Issue of 301,694,878 ordinary shares of 50 kobo each at N70. 00 per share on the basis of one 1 new ordinary share for every 3 ordinary shares of 50 kobo each held as at the close of business on Friday, 18 December 2009.” Africa's Oando raising N21 billion Naira from capital market: Sign of Progress
- The preference shares have traded at a 29 per cent premium to the ordinary shares.
- Sound Diffusion ordinary shares were suspended in December at 22p and the group asked its bankers to appoint a receiver.
- The company further agreed to subscribe for additional new ordinary shares to take its shareholding to 54 per cent.
- The bonds are convertible into ordinary shares.