share classes

How can a company use different share classes?

Published in Shares and shareholders on August 10, 2023 by Johnathan Korchak

In many companies, it is appropriate – and certainly administratively easier – for all of the shares to be of the same class. This ensures that all shareholders can vote at shareholders’ meetings and share…

Read

Tags: share classes, shareholders, shares

How to reclassify shares

Published in Shares and shareholders on July 4, 2023 by David Hill

We have written previously about why a company might want to add new share classes, e.g. changing some or all of a company’s ordinary shares to A and B shares (alphabet shares). That post can be found here: Why might a company…

Read

Tags: share allotment, share classes, share issue

What types of share can a company have?

Published in Shares and shareholders on April 18, 2023 by Henry Catchpole

Most companies only ever have one type of share (or class of share). These are commonly called ordinary shares and will be the ones the company was incorporated with. The typical rights that go with ordinary shares are:…

Read

Tags: share classes, share types, shareholders, shares

3 comments

Inform Direct product update – November 2022

Published in Inform Direct news on November 9, 2022 by Philip Newman

Following on from recent new features and enhancements to Inform Direct we have today launched a new feature to allow users to merge ‘unreconciled’ imported shares classes together.…

Read

Tags: unreconciled shares, merge share classes, Inform Direct, share classes, shareholders, shares

What is a cap table?

Published in Shares and shareholders on June 2, 2020 by Philip Newman

In this article we look at what a cap table is, why they are used and what should be included in one. We are also sharing a free template.…

Read

Tags: cap table, company owners, share classes, Share options, shareholders, shares

What are preference shares?

Published in Shares and shareholders on April 18, 2019 by Johnathan Korchak

Most shares issued by companies are ordinary shares, but they are just one of the different types of shares available. Preference shares, sometimes also called ‘preferred shares’ or just ‘prefs’, can also be useful both to…

Read

Tags: preference shares, share classes, share types, shareholders, shares

1 comment

Page 1 of 212 »

Blog

Search for:

Testimonials

The software works well and the support team has been most helpful
Halit Ekrem, Partner at Ekrem & Co.
Inform Direct have been amazing right from the minute we signed up with them.
Chloe Watson of PJCO Chartered Certified Accountants
Inform Direct is a very user-friendly system to use.
David Kelly of Kelly Accounting
Their support is outstanding.
Barry Adams of Focus Accountancy
Inform Direct has become an integral piece of software to our company
Emma-Louise Jones of MJB Avanti

2025 Review
of UK Company Formations

Read our comprehensive review of UK company formations in 2024, year-on-year growth rates and breakdown by county. This detailed insight is provided in the form of easy to understand infographics available for sharing through social media and on your own website

View Statistics