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There is no statutory procedure for converting shares from one class to another. It may be done with the consent of all the shareholders affected. The safest course is to pass a resolution to which all the shareholders consent because, in practice, changing the rights on one person's shares may well
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where the class A shares have fewer rights than class B shareholders. This may be done to maintain control of a company by a group of shareholders or to make a company more difficult to take over.
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that have different levels of voting rights. For example, a company might create two classes of shares
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have an effect, at least in practice on the rights of all the other shareholders.
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finance
shares
share capital
class A share
class B share
preferred stock
poison pill
common stock
Ordinary shares
Preference shares
Non-voting stock
Redeemable shares
Convertible shares
Partly paid
Phantom stock
Restricted stock
Shareholder
Stock option
"What types of share can a company have?"
"Company Law Club // Classes of shares"
"How Many Types or Classes of Shares Can a Company Have?"
Category
Equity securities

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