voting trust certificate

voting trust certificate definition - business

voting trust certificate

A trust-issued certificate that evidences stock ownership but reserves voting rights for the trust. Voting trust certificates are exchanged for stock when voting power must be consolidated. Thus, holders of certificates have all the usual rights of stockholders with the exception of voting rights.

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