Enviado: 18/11/2011 11:01Eis o exemplo concreto da Coca-Cola (acima mencionado). A diferença entre obter directamente as acções e através de corretagem.
Direct Stock Ownership:
Your stock is registered directly on the books of the company as a shareowner of record. You may hold your shares in one of the following methods:
(a) certificate form,
(b) through the Direct Stock Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan, or
(c) in book-entry form through the Direct Registration System (see DIRECT REGISTRATION for more details).
As a shareowner of record, you receive all quarterly dividend payment and shareowner communications directly. Your name appears on the company's shareowner of record list.
Indirect Stock Ownership:
Your stock is held through a bank or brokerage firm in the broker's name for your benefit. Indirect ownership is generally referred to as "beneficial" or "street-name" ownership. A stock certificate is not registered in your name, and the company does not have a record of you as a shareowner. Dividends are paid to your broker for distribution in accordance with your agreement with that broker. Notice of Annual Meeting and financial reports are sent to you by mail or electronically, as you choose, by a third party on behalf of your broker. The company does not have access to your records.
DIRECT REGISTRATION
Under the Direct Registration System, physical certificates are not issued to shareowners. Instead, each shareowner is provided with a statement at least once a year reflecting the number of shares registered in his or her name on the company's books. This form of ownership, known as "book entry," provides benefits to you and the company.
These benefits include the reduction of:
Problems associated with shares held in certificate form, such as the need for safe storage,
Costs associated with the replacement of lost stock certificates,
The requirement for physical movement of stock certificates at the time of sale and the accompanying potential for loss, and
Costs associated with issuance and delivery of physical stock certificates.
If you purchase company shares through a broker and would like those shares to be held in book entry, you will need to instruct your broker to register your shares in book entry through the Direct Registration System. Similarly, if you already own company shares that are held by a bank, broker or trustee in street name, you may have some or all of those shares transferred to book-entry form. Simply instruct your bank, broker or trustee to register your shares in book entry through the Direct Registration System.
Direct Stock Ownership:
Your stock is registered directly on the books of the company as a shareowner of record. You may hold your shares in one of the following methods:
(a) certificate form,
(b) through the Direct Stock Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan, or
(c) in book-entry form through the Direct Registration System (see DIRECT REGISTRATION for more details).
As a shareowner of record, you receive all quarterly dividend payment and shareowner communications directly. Your name appears on the company's shareowner of record list.
Indirect Stock Ownership:
Your stock is held through a bank or brokerage firm in the broker's name for your benefit. Indirect ownership is generally referred to as "beneficial" or "street-name" ownership. A stock certificate is not registered in your name, and the company does not have a record of you as a shareowner. Dividends are paid to your broker for distribution in accordance with your agreement with that broker. Notice of Annual Meeting and financial reports are sent to you by mail or electronically, as you choose, by a third party on behalf of your broker. The company does not have access to your records.
DIRECT REGISTRATION
Under the Direct Registration System, physical certificates are not issued to shareowners. Instead, each shareowner is provided with a statement at least once a year reflecting the number of shares registered in his or her name on the company's books. This form of ownership, known as "book entry," provides benefits to you and the company.
These benefits include the reduction of:
Problems associated with shares held in certificate form, such as the need for safe storage,
Costs associated with the replacement of lost stock certificates,
The requirement for physical movement of stock certificates at the time of sale and the accompanying potential for loss, and
Costs associated with issuance and delivery of physical stock certificates.
If you purchase company shares through a broker and would like those shares to be held in book entry, you will need to instruct your broker to register your shares in book entry through the Direct Registration System. Similarly, if you already own company shares that are held by a bank, broker or trustee in street name, you may have some or all of those shares transferred to book-entry form. Simply instruct your bank, broker or trustee to register your shares in book entry through the Direct Registration System.
