What rights do ordinary shares generally carry?

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What rights do ordinary shares generally carry?

Ordinary shares give holders a bundle of fundamental rights: they can vote on company matters at general meetings, they participate in profits only if the board declares a dividend (and those dividends are variable, not fixed or guaranteed), and on a winding up they have a right to share in any remaining assets after creditors and any preference shareholders are paid. These features explain the correct choice: voting rights, a variable dividend, and a right to receive surplus assets on winding up. The other options don’t fit because ordinary shares do have rights (so “no rights” is wrong), their dividends are not fixed (so “fixed dividend rights” is wrong), and the full package includes more than just a vote.

Ordinary shares give holders a bundle of fundamental rights: they can vote on company matters at general meetings, they participate in profits only if the board declares a dividend (and those dividends are variable, not fixed or guaranteed), and on a winding up they have a right to share in any remaining assets after creditors and any preference shareholders are paid.

These features explain the correct choice: voting rights, a variable dividend, and a right to receive surplus assets on winding up. The other options don’t fit because ordinary shares do have rights (so “no rights” is wrong), their dividends are not fixed (so “fixed dividend rights” is wrong), and the full package includes more than just a vote.

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