UNIT 3: COMPANY LAW: CAPITALIZATION

1.   Capitalization: refers to the act of providing capital for a company through the issuance of various securities.

2.   Subscriber = shareholder: someone who agrees to buy shares or other securities.

3.   Issued share capital (vốn cổ phần đã phát hành) : the monetary value of the shares of stock a company actually offers for sale to investors.

4.   Ordinary shares (common shares): the payment of dividends is dependent upon the performance of the company.

5.   Preference shares (preferred shares): type of share that gives rights of priority as to dividends, as well as priority over other shareholders in a company’s winding-up

6.   Share subdivision: chia tách cổ phiếu

7.   Share consolidation (reverse (stock) split): gộp cổ phiếu

8.   Dividend (n): part of a company’s profit paid to shareholders

9.   Pre-emption rights (quyền mua trước): entitlement entailing that, when new shares are issued, these must first be offered to existing shareholders in proportion to their existing holdings.

10.  Rights issue: offer of additional shares to existing shareholders, in proportion to their holdings, to raise money for the company.

11.  Co-determination: a system in which both managers and workers are involved in making important decisions for a company.

12.  The free-rider issue (vấn đề kẻ ăn không): không làm mà đòi ăn

⇒ free-rider (n): a person or company that gets an advantage without paying for it or earning it

13. Vote with one’s feet: to show your opinion by leaving an organization or by no longer supporting, using, or buying sth.

 14. Subjected to the public gaze: là đề tài của truyền thông

15. relinquish: voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up.

16. waive: refrain from insisting on or using (a right or claim) 

17. cede: give up (power or territory).

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