preference shares

常见例句

For example, the dividends on Citigroup’s government preference shares can be deferred but not cancelled, unlike those on common stock.
比如說，對政府持有的花旗銀行優先股股利的發放可以延遲，但是卻不能取消發放。而普通股就不一樣。
Even that proved a stopgap; on December 3rd it was announced that the banks would swap the debt for 75% of the ordinary equity and a slug of preference shares.
但即使那樣也僅是臨時性的，12月3日，公司宣佈將通過債轉股把債務轉換成全部普通股的75%和一部分優先股。
Worse, banks have come to rely on issuing their own preference shares to raise capital, and will find that harder if holders of Fannie’s and Freddie’s paper suffer losses.
更嚴重的是，很多銀行開始通過發行優先股來進行融資，但是發現Fannie和Freddie的股東受損之後這樣的融資方式似乎更加難做。

The government might have reduced its bill by going after the holders of preference shares.
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Preference shares typically carry no voting rights, which (unlike WestLB traders) was what Porsche was after.
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"Having the ordinaries short, and the preference shares long, you lose your shirt, " said Becker.
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