preferred stock

preferred stock
A part of the capital stock of a corporation, the peculiar and distinctive characteristic of which is that it is entitled to a priority over other stock in the distribution of profits. Sometimes called guaranteed stock. Corporate stock given a preference over common stock in the distribution of capital assets upon a dissolution of the corporation. 18 Am J2d Corp § 213. Building and loan association stock to which a preference in payment of dividends or in distribution of assets upon insolvency is attached. 13 Am J2d B & L Assoc § 23. The holder of preferred stock is a shareholder in the corporation. He is not a corporation creditor, and has no rights as such. His rights are those of the common shareholder, except as those rights are limited by the statute and the contract and the additional right to have his dividends paid out of earnings and his stock redeemed out of assets in preference to the common shareholder. Oklahoma Hotel Bldg. Co. v Houghton, 202 Okla 591, 216 P2d 288, 16 ALR2d 1307.

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