What do you mean by shareholder?

Shareholders refer to individuals or units that bear limited or unlimited liabilities for the debts of joint-stock companies and enjoy dividends and bonuses by holding shares. Shareholders who subscribe for shares from joint-stock companies have certain rights and obligations. The main rights of shareholders are: to attend the shareholders' meeting and have the right to vote on major issues of the company; The voting rights of directors and supervisors of the company; Distribute the company's profits and enjoy the right to share dividends; Issuing stock creditor's rights; The right to request the transfer of shares; The right to claim bearer shares instead of registered shares; The right to dispose of the remaining property when the company fails to operate, declares closure and goes bankrupt. The size of shareholders' rights depends on the type and quantity of shares held by shareholders.

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Legal status of shareholders:

1. In terms of the relationship between shareholders and the company, according to the Company Law, shareholders have the right to return on assets, participate in major decisions and choose managers.

2. In the shareholder relationship, all shareholders have equal status and enjoy the same rights and interests in principle, but other provisions can be made in the company's articles of association. A wholly state-owned company is solely funded by the state, and the the State Council or the local people's government authorizes the state-owned assets supervision and administration institution of the people's government at the corresponding level to perform the responsibilities of the investor.

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