If you invest in a company’s shares, you are entitled – through ownership of those shares – to certain rights. The right that shareholders tend to be most interested in, is the right to share in the future profits of the company. Owning a share will entitle you to a chunk of any dividend payouts, for example. However, there’s another important right – that is, the right to have a say in the running of the company.
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