Part 1 units 1-6 (33Q's) products Flashcards
howey test
- investment of money made into
- common enterprise
- with expectation of profit
- 3rd party efforts
common stock
- issued to raise capital
- provides investors growth
Preferred stock
- no voting rights
- income
- priority over common
straight (noncumulative)
- Preferred stock
- Missed dividends?? oh well
Cumulative preferred stock
- missed dividends pay out
- pay out before common
Callable preferred
- preferred stock
- ISSUER may buy back shares AFTER specified date at a specified price
- let company replace high fixed dividend with lower one
Dividend disbursement dates
DERP
- Declaration Date
- Exdividend date = Ex-date
- Record Date
- Payable Date
Declaration Date
- BOD approves dividend payment
- BOD assign payment and record dates
Ex-dividend date = Ex-date
assigned by who?
how many days before record date?
- Assigned by FINRA or exchange
- One business day
Record date
- those who own the stock on this date go on record
- Must purchase stock 2 days before this
Payable day
- Dividends sent out to owners on record
Rights of commonstock holders
- Voting rights
- Transfer ownership
- Books and records
Statutory voting rights
whatever amount of shares you have, that’s the maximum amount of votes you can place per issue/chair
example 100 shares, 3 chairs.
maximum 100 votes per chair
Cumulative voting rights
- take your shares
- multiply by number of chairs
- that number = amount of votes you have
- can split those votes up however you want
example
100 shares. 3 chairs. 300 votes
1. 200 2. 50 3. 50
or 1. 300 2. 0 3. 0
Rights or preemptive rights
- Give current stockholders chance to maintain percentage of ownership
- exercise price below CMV
- Short term