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Distribution
and not notional. It can be physical; it can also be constructive. One may distribute amounts between different shareholders either by crediting the amount due to each one of them in their respective accounts or by actually
Joint-stock Banks
case of a partnership consisting of more than ten persons. It is believed that the liability of the shareholders in chartered banks is in most if not in all cases limited to some amount fixed by the
Listing
negotiability to stocks and shares; ensure proper supervision and control of dealings therein; and protect the interests of shareholders and of the general investing public', Raymond Synthetics Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1992 SC 847: (1992)
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Meeting
p. 400; or of the parish or parish council: see PARISH COUNCIL; PARISHMEETING. Also a meeting of the shareholders of a company under ss. 66-80 of the (English) Companies Clauses Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c.
Nerve - center test
the principal place of business is determined to be the location where the corporate officers, directors, and (sometimes) shareholders reside, and where they direct and contest the corporation's activities, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1061.
Preferential or preference shares or stock
In some cases, however, the arrears of dividend form an accumu-lating debt by the ordinary to the preference shareholders, the preference being in that case described as a 'non-contingent' or a 'xumulative' preference. And see DEFERRED STOCK.
Reserve
in rule 2 can only mean profit earned by a company and not distributed as dividend to the shareholders but kept back by the directors for any purpose to which it may be put in future. The
Tender offer
Tender offer, means a public offer to buy a minimum number of shares directly from a corporation's shareholders at a fixed price, usually at a substantial premium over the market price, in an effort to take
Waiver clause
Greenwood v. Leather Shod Wheel Co., (1900) 1 Ch 421 (where it was held bad), waives claims of shareholders against directors for damages caused by the issue of a prospectus not disclosing contracts as required by s.
wind up
up his practice] ;specif : to conclude by removing liabilities and distributing any remaining assets to partners or shareholders [wind up the business and affairs of a corporation in dissolution] [wind up a receivership]
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