Which category of shares have no fixed rate of dividend?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
According to Section 43 of The Companies Act, 2013, an equity share is a share
which is not a preference share. In other words, shares which do not enjoy any
preferential right in the payment of dividend or repayment of capital, are termed
as equity/ordinary shares. The equity shareholders are entitled to share the
distributable profits of the company after satisfying the dividend rights of the
preference share holders. The dividend on equity shares is not fixed and it
may vary from year to year depending upon the amount of profits available for distribution. The equity share capital may be (i) with voting rights; or (ii) with
differential rights as to voting, dividend or otherwise in accordance with such
rules and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed in the Articles of
Association of the company.