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the Share capital are the means invested in the joint capital of the company (or in the association capital, or the separate businessman though this name is usually used only for the companies) and not subject to return (as debts). Means can belong to everybody - to working owners and employees of the enterprise or external investors. Owners put up the money to base the enterprise and to begin job (their basic stimulus - to create a place of job for itself or to increase the enclosed sum); external investors (usually them less) put up money, believing, that the enterprise will extend and will provide dividends and-or capital growth.
Usually investments into the share capital concern brave investments. If investments take the form of usual actions, shareholders have the least priority in case of the termination of activity of the company. Owners of preference shares in case of company liquidation have advantage before "usual" creditors and follow in hierarchy after other creditors who have received maintenance under enclosed means, and Department of taxes and tax collections of the Great Britain (Inland Revenue). Though usual actions are connected with high degree of risk (the investor can lose all sum of investments), they grant to the investor the right to dividends if it is declared their payment. These actions can be sold taking into account capital growth if there will be a buyer. Actions of the small companies are difficult for selling, as the prepared market is not present, and it does their not too attractive from the point of view of the investment offer. But preference shares though are less risky, give to the investor the guaranteed right to reception of the stipulated interest rate. There are various types of actions - everyone with the advantages. They too can be sold, but the same difficulties - are not present the prepared market. Nizkolikvidnye the investor can buy actions, or if the enterprise "is pleasant" to it, or could show, that potentially possesses possibility of essential growth.
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