preference shares

基本解釋

For example, the dividends on Citigroup’s government preference shares can be deferred but not cancelled, unlike those on common stock.
比如說，對政府持有的花旗銀行優(yōu)先股股利的發(fā)放可以延遲，但是卻不能取消發(fā)放。而普通股就不一樣。
Even that proved a stopgap; on December 3rd it was announced that the banks would swap the debt for 75% of the ordinary equity and a slug of preference shares.
但即使那樣也僅是臨時性的，12月3日，公司宣布將通過債轉(zhuǎn)股把債務(wù)轉(zhuǎn)換成全部普通股的75%和一部分優(yōu)先股。
Worse, banks have come to rely on issuing their own preference shares to raise capital, and will find that harder if holders of Fannie’s and Freddie’s paper suffer losses.
更嚴(yán)重的是，很多銀行開始通過發(fā)行優(yōu)先股來進(jìn)行融資，但是發(fā)現(xiàn)Fannie和Freddie的股東受損之后這樣的融資方式似乎更加難做。

The government might have reduced its bill by going after the holders of preference shares.
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Preference shares typically carry no voting rights, which (unlike WestLB traders) was what Porsche was after.
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"Having the ordinaries short, and the preference shares long, you lose your shirt, " said Becker.
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Preference shares are the shares in a company that are owned by people who have the right to receive part of the company's profits before the holders of ordinary shares. They also have the right to have their capital repaid if the company fails and has to close. Compare .
&rarrsee also ordinary shares