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1
Introduction to community shares
1.1
Equity for social enterprises
1.2
How community shares work
1.2.1
Origins
1.2.2
What are community shares?
1.2.3
Shareholder motivation
1.2.4
Return on investment
1.2.5
Capital gains
1.2.6
Shareholder influence
1.2.7
Community interest companies
1.3
The business model
1.4
Starting points
1.4.1
The initial stimulus
1.4.2
Pre-start initiatives
1.4.3
Acquisitions and buy-outs
1.4.4
Start-ups
1.4.5
Established social enterprises
1.5
Institutional Investment
2
Society legislation
2.1
Types of societies
2.1.1
Introduction
2.1.2
Bona fide co-operative societies
2.1.3
Community benefit societies
2.1.4
Charitable community benefit societies
2.1.5
Choosing between society types
2.2
Share capital in societies
2.2.1
Share typologies
2.2.2
Withdrawable shares
2.2.3
Transferable shares
2.2.4
Non-user investor shares
2.2.5
Membership shares and subscriptions
2.2.6
Multiple classes of shares
2.2.7
Sweat Equity
2.3
Liquidity of withdrawable shares
2.4
Asset lock provisions
2.5
Debt
2.5.1
Borrowing
2.5.2
Bonds
2.5.3
Loans and loan-stock
2.6
Converting legal forms
2.6.1
Converting a company into a society
2.6.2
Converting a community interest company into a society
2.6.3
Converting a registered charity into a charitable community benefit society
2.6.4
Converting a society into a company
2.6.