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  2. Cede and Company - Wikipedia

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    Cede and Company is a shorthand for the phrase 'certificate depository.' [2] Appropriately, the word 'cede' means to 'give up (power or territory)' [3] because investors give up their stock and companies give up their shareholders to an intermediary. [4] Cede technically owns most of the publicly issued stock in the United States. [5]

  3. Stock certificate - Wikipedia

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    Certificate for a share in Kennet and Avon Canal Navigation, Great Britain, 1808. In corporate law, a stock certificate (also known as certificate of stock or share certificate) is a legal document that certifies the legal interest (a bundle of several legal rights) of ownership of a specific number of shares (or, under Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code in the United States, a ...

  4. United States corporate law - Wikipedia

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    The New York Stock Exchange, along with Federal and state laws, is a significant regulator of corporate governance for listed corporations, particularly on shareholder voting rights and board structures. Corporate governance, though used in many senses, is primarily concerned with the balance of power among the main actors in a corporation ...

  5. What Happens If I Lose a Stock Certificate? - AOL

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    Share certificates or stock certificates specify the number of shares owned and serve as proof of ownership. In that sense, it works similarly to a title for a home or vehicle. Certain information ...

  6. List of corporate titles - Wikipedia

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    Corporate titles or business titles are given to company and organization officials to show what job function, and seniority, a person has within an organisation. [1] The most senior roles, marked by signing authority, are often referred to as "C-level", "C-suite" or "CxO" positions because many of them start with the word "chief". [2]

  7. Articles of association - Wikipedia

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    Articles of incorporation, also referred to as the certificate of incorporation or the corporate charter, is a document or charter that establishes the existence of a corporation in the United States and Canada. They generally are filed with the Secretary of State in the U.S. State where the company is incorporated, or other company registrar.

  8. Joint-stock company - Wikipedia

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    The company is managed on behalf of the shareholders by a board of directors, elected at an annual general meeting. [3] The shareholders also vote to accept or reject an annual report and audited set of accounts. Individual shareholders can sometimes stand for directorships within the company if a vacancy occurs, but that is uncommon.

  9. Street name securities - Wikipedia

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    There are three principal ways of holding securities: Stock certificate Before the use of electronic technology, all shares were held in certificated form, either . as registered shares, where the company maintained a register of owners of shares as well as issuing share certificates, and changes of ownership were registered, or