Share Certificate is a legal paper which is given by an organization and officially states the right to company shares to the shareholder or stock holder. The share certificate is also known as the stock certificate. Shares or stocks are r sed by a company to increase its resources. The shares are of specific value. The capital that is raised by the shares is used for development of already existing business, expansions etc. These can be also used for beginning a new business venture.
The shares of the company are issued in the form of documents which are called Share certificates. The people who buy the shares are share holders. Any individual can become share holder of a company by purchasing its shares. Thus share certificate is proof of ownership of shares of a particular company. The share holder enjoys voting rights within the company and can also participate in their Annual General Meetings.
Suppose a company releases five thousand shares in stock market. A share holder buys five hundred of these shares. He is issued share certificates proving his ownership. The money the company gets by selling shares is further invested in it for business development. Now if the company makes a profit, the share price increases and therefore profit of share holder increases. The Share Certificate is of a particular value. If the share holder continues to hold the company’s share for three or six months then he is entitled to dividends and Dividend Vouchers are released to him. Once the company makes profit dividend payments are made to the share holders. The share holder can sell his shares at any time and make profit. The company has no control over this. All the above mentioned happens when the company makes a profit.
In the event of the company facing losses, the loss is directly extended to share holders since the price of the share in the market decreases. Shareholder can sell his shares and save himself from further loss or he can hold on to the shares and wait for company to start making profits again. This cannot be predictable and it is here that gamble involved in share market comes to the fore. Thus there are major risks involved in buying company share certificates.
A detailed study of the company and its development process is necessary to determine whether the company would make profit in the future or not. It is not necessary that the judgment the share holder reaches would prove to be the right one. As mentioned before risks are high in this investment and if luck shines so are the returns. Your destiny is your teacher here. Share investments are similar to betting where profits and losses are determined by the company loss and profit. The company again raises its capital by releasing shares which are purchased by share holders as Share Certificates. Thus share holders for long periods of time are paid dividends either annually, half yearly or quarterly. This is depended on the terms and conditions mentioned in the application form for the Share Certificate.

