Straight voting
A shareholder may cast all of his votes for each candidate for the board of directors. |
Similar financial terms
Straight valueAlso called investment value, the value of a convertible security without the con-version option.
Straight line depreciation
An equal dollar amount of depreciation in each accounting period.
Voting rights
The right to vote on matters that are put to a vote of security holders. For example the right to vote for directors.
Majority voting
Voting system under which each director is voted upon separately.
Block voting
A group of shareholders banding together to vote their shares in a single block.
Cumulative voting
A system of voting for directors of a corporation in which shareholder's total number of votes is equal to his number of shares held times the number of candidates.
