!!!Aktie Shares of stock, 1) share(s) in an Aktiengesellschaft; 2) security (equity instrument) which represents part ownership of a company. - In the case of bearer shares (exchange-traded, Stock Exchange), the right to ownership is transferred by handing over the certificates, whereas registered shares are transferred by endorsement: While ordinary shares give the owner one vote per share, preference shares are not endowed with voting rights; however, the latter give priority for the receipt of dividend payments. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Aktie|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]