You might say, why should a company exist for the shareholders?

你可能问,公司为何要为股东存在呢

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We're going to send a letter to all our shareholders and say, we have decided to pay a $5 dividend and so you're about to approve this at the meeting.

我们将给所有的股东寄出一封信,写着,公司决定发放每股5美元的股利,所以你们在股东大会上要通过这个提议

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Well, the company--the board of directors-- decides if and when to pay dividends to the shareholders and then the law of the state would say that they must treat them all equally.

公司,董事会,会决定何时向股东支付股利,州法规定,股东利益均等

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Otherwise, if you don't buy all the debt, you still have a problem because those debtors can go after you because they are-- they're not shareholders but they have rights and they could come in and say, we don't like what you're doing; we're going to sue you because we think that you're doing something contrary to our interest as debtors.

不然,如果你没接下全部债务,就不能安枕无忧,因为这些债务人会跟着你,他们不是股东,但他们有权利,他们会跳出来说,我们不喜欢你的做法,我们要起诉你,因为你的做法违背了我们债权人的利益

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