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.
比如说，对政府持有的花旗银行优先股股利的发放可以延迟，但是却不能取消发放。而普通股就不一样。
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.
但即使那样也仅是临时性的，12月3日，公司宣布将通过债转股把债务转换成全部普通股的75%和一部分优先股。
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.
更严重的是，很多银行开始通过发行优先股来进行融资，但是发现Fannie和Freddie的股东受损之后这样的融资方式似乎更加难做。

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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