- 10 Aug 2012 01:37
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In every company, the company's assets are owned by the company in the company name. In every company, profits are either reinvested or distributed to owners.
What you said was: "members don't have equity shares", which is false, since you just said they get a vote and a share in profit distributions, which is exactly what an equity share is by definition.
taxizen wrote:In a typical coop income surpluses (profits) are either re-invested in the business or distributed to the members depending on what the voting members decide to do. [...] I said that 100% of the coops assets are owned by the coops corporate name not that members couldn't divide the profits amongst themselves.
In every company, the company's assets are owned by the company in the company name. In every company, profits are either reinvested or distributed to owners.
What you said was: "members don't have equity shares", which is false, since you just said they get a vote and a share in profit distributions, which is exactly what an equity share is by definition.