Shares, given the generally accepted definition, are the most common type of securities in Russia. These papers confirm the right to participate in the management of the organization. With their help, owners receive dividends, as well as a share of the property in the event of liquidation. Any citizen can become a shareholder. However, he will not need anything other than an identity document.
Buying Methods
How to become a shareholder? It’s actually simple: you need to buy shares through an intermediary broker or directly from their owner. The first method is the most common. It allows you to purchase paper of any company you like. How to buy stocks?
In order to make a purchase through a broker, you need to perform the following steps:
- Choose a company that provides brokerage services. In this case, you must pay attention to the minimum purchase amount, the size of the commission and other important parameters.
- Conclude a service agreement with a brokerage company. To do this, you will need a passport, as well as a TIN.
- To transfer the necessary amount to the sub-account, which will open a brokerage firm.
- Choose the company whose shares you wanted to purchase.
- Perform the purchase procedure directly.
How to become a shareholder of an open joint stock company
Another opportunity to become an owner of shares is to join the founders of AO (joint-stock company). At the same time, shares are divided among all the founders of this company. With this method, you do not have to acquire anything, since a person automatically becomes a shareholder.
An organization may have not only ordinary shares, but also preferred shares, the owners of which do not have the right to vote at general meetings of shareholders, but at the same time they retain the rights to payments in case of liquidation and dividends. By preferred shares dividends are usually higher.
How to become a shareholder of such a company? Once it is established and the shares are placed, they can be bought directly from the owners themselves. A purchase can be made by the person who is already among the shareholders of the company, as well as by any other people.
To become a shareholder of an open joint-stock company, you need to perform the steps described above: contact a broker or purchase shares directly from their owner. After the shares have been bought, they can be resold to any other person, since there are no special restrictions on such transactions.
How to become a shareholder of a closed joint-stock company
The main feature of a closed joint-stock company is the limit on the number of shareholders. Their number cannot be higher than 50. If there are more, then there is no way to buy shares from a person.
When buying shares of a closed joint-stock company, one more thing to keep in mind is that when they are acquired, the advantage is retained by other shareholders. This means that before selling the shares to a third party, their holder must first notify the company of the sale. If within two months the current shareholders do not want to use their right, the owner will be able to sell the shares to another person. In order to avoid problems, it is recommended that before buying shares, make sure that the seller has met this condition.
There is a way around this rule. Due to the fact that it applies only to the purchase and sale, you can conclude an agreement on another transaction, for example, exchange.
Bank stock purchase
How to become a shareholder of such an enterprise as a bank? You need to perform the same operations.In most cases, banks exist in the form of open joint-stock companies, and their shares are publicly traded on the market. To buy them, you need to contact a broker and open an account. It should be taken into account that often the bank itself acts as a broker, and it makes sense to make sure of such an opportunity, based on which bank a person wants to become a shareholder of.
Shares of Sberbank
How to become a shareholder of Sberbank? You can contact any territorial branch of the enterprise with a document proving the identity of the buyer. Currently, about four percent of Sberbank’s shares are owned by private investors. Therefore, everyone has the opportunity to purchase them.
Gazprom shares
Becoming a shareholder of Gazprom is not at all difficult. Anyone can do this if there are certain funds and the desire to increase them. When choosing a company, you need to pay attention to the stability of Gazprom, as well as the high probability of an increase in the value of shares. Before making a purchasing decision, you need to weigh the pros and cons.
Shares of NK Rosneft
The securities of this company on the market are presented in the form ordinary shares. To become their owner is as simple as any other. To do this, contact the broker. There is a company “Register RN”, in which you can obtain proof of ownership in documentary form - in the form of an extract from the register of shareholders.
