preference share

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preference share

a special type of share in a company, which has the characteristic that it confers an entitlement to a specified percentage rate of dividend that is payable in priority to the claims of ordinary shareholders. A company's share capital maybe split between ordinary shares and preference shares. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to the remaining profits that have been appropriated for the payment of dividends.

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First Republic Bank (NYSE: FRC), a private bank and wealth management company, has announced that it has declared cash dividends on the following outstanding series of its perpetual preferred stock, the company said.

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Board of directors of Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) has declared a USD 0.476563 per share cash dividend on its Series C Preferred stock, the company said.

Annaly Capital Management declares Q3 2018 cash dividends on preferred stocks

State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT) has announced a quarterly cash dividend on certain outstanding series of non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock, the company said.

State Street declares quarterly dividend on its non-cumulative perpetual preferred stocks

M2 EQUITYBITES-July 24, 2017-State Street declares quarterly dividend on its non-cumulative perpetual preferred stocks

State Street declares quarterly dividend on its non-cumulative perpetual preferred stocks

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) has said that it has declared dividends on the different series of its non-cumulative preferred stocks.

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BANKING AND CREDIT NEWS-June 6, 2016-First Republic Bank declares Q2 2016 dividends on 7 series of preferred stocks

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M2 EQUITYBITES-June 6, 2016-First Republic Bank declares Q2 2016 dividends on 7 series of preferred stocks

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Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) said it has declared a dividend on each of the following preferred stocks:

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"In the good old days, bonds were debt and preferred stock was equity," he reminisces.