payment of dividends
21cumulative preference share — A type of preference share that entitles the owner to receive any dividends not paid in previous years. Companies are not obliged to pay dividends on preference shares if there are insufficient earnings in any particular year. Cumulative… …
22securities — I noun assets, bonds, capital, evidences of debts, evidences of obligations, holdings, invested property, investment, negotiables, property, shares, stocks associated concepts: corporate securities, investment securities, sale of securities II… …
23preferred stock — see stock Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. preferred stock n …
24distribution — Selling a large lot ( lots) of a security in such a way that the security price is not heavily influenced. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary Corporate action that occurs when the issuer of a security delivers a particular benefit or proceeds ( e.g.… …
25withholding tax — A tax levied by a country of source on income paid, usually on dividends remitted to the home country of the firm operating in a foreign country. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary Tax deducted at source on the payment of dividends or interest.… …
26American International Group — AIG redirects here. For other uses, see AIG (disambiguation). American International Group, Inc. Type Public Traded as NYSE:  …
27paying agent — An entity responsible for paying bond principal and interest on behalf of the debtor. American Banker Glossary An agent who makes principal and interest payments to bondholders on behalf of the issuer. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary A trader… …
28preferred shares — give investors a fixed dividend from the company s earnings and entitle them to be paid before common shareholders. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary See: preferred stock. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary Payment of dividends to holders normally takes …
29preferred — pre‧ferred [prɪˈfɜːd ǁ ɜːrd] adjective [only before a noun] FINANCE 1. used to talk about a company s most important investors. If the company is in financial difficulty, preferred investors may receive payment of dividends, debts etc even if… …
30earnings per share — eps The profit in pence attributable to each ordinary share in a company, based on the consolidated profit for the period, after deducting minority interests and preference share dividends. This profit figure is divided by the weighted average… …
