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What is the disadvantage for some Shareholders of a PLC?

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Fanny Stamm

Public Limited Companies can have a lot of shareholders. However, some Shareholders may not own as many shares as others. What is the disadvantage of this?

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The main disadvantage of being a small shareholder is as the name says, you hold a fewer amount of shares than other individuals, or entities. This means that you may have limited rights as you are not a majority shareholder and may not be involved in key business decisions to discuss the direction the business will go. Usually small shareholders invest in businesses for profits rather than control

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