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Can I buy shares to see company's future?
buel
Posts: 674 Forumite
Hi,
My employer has just been taken over by a plc company.
It's shares have now increased in value.
Please can anyone tell me would buying shares in this company enable me to attend any meetings that would give me an insight into the company's future? And would the amount needed be huge?
Thank you.
My employer has just been taken over by a plc company.
It's shares have now increased in value.
Please can anyone tell me would buying shares in this company enable me to attend any meetings that would give me an insight into the company's future? And would the amount needed be huge?
Thank you.
Not yet a total moneysaving expert...but im trying!!
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If you are a shareholder, you can attend the appropriate shareholder meetings.
Look up the corporate governance section of website.
I dont believe it will tell you anything not in the public domain however! It might give you some voting rights, but I wouldnt think that would change the future direction of the company whether you vote or not....0 -
You in general only need to own one share to attend shareholder function. I have one share in a brewery in Dorset, I get send a crate of beer every year.0
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The_ICT_Engineer wrote: »You in general only need to own one share to attend shareholder function. I have one share in a brewery in Dorset, I get send a crate of beer every year.
Interesting!! Which brewery? I think I will buy some myself!Don't lie, thieve, cheat or steal. The Government do not like the competition.
The Lord Giveth and the Government Taketh Away.
I'm sorry, I don't apologise. That's just the way I am. Homer (Simpson)0 -
Thanks for that.
Please may i ask would holding shares in the parent company help in any way if i was to be the subject of victimisation by one of the current directors/managers (he is both) of my employers?Not yet a total moneysaving expert...but im trying!!0 -
No, shareholders and employees are diferrent things, your employment rights are no different whether you are a shareholder or not.0
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Whilst rights dont change how an employer may decide to treat an employee who has a significant shareholding could. That said, if it is a large Plc your going to need a very large investable sum to become a significant shareholder. Simply owning a couple of thousand pounds worth of shares isnt going to be material enough to really care about your thoughts as a shareholder when they are deciding how to treat you as an employee0
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If you held enough shares for a company to care about you, you wouldn't need to work for them!0
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