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With company shares, you get voting rights, right? But did you know that the percentage of shares that you own determines the rights you have as a shareholder? Shareholders that own at least 5% of a UK company get better voting rights than those that own less than 5%, such as the ability to call a general meeting or apply to court to prevent it from being converted back into a private company. Investors also get more rights at other thresholds, like 10%, 15% and 25%. <\/p>

For context, Tesco<\/a> has more than 8 billion shares in issue (the number stood at 8,174,932,553 in 2017) so 5% of Tesco is around 408 million shares. At around \u00a325 a pop, that\u2019s around \u00a310 billion. <\/p>

It\u2019s a little easier in the US, but even there you need to have invested at least $25,000 (about \u00a318,000). For most of us, this is too much to ask. Tulipshare aims to let you make more use of your shareholder votes by pooling together its users to make up the minimum threshold. Read on to find out more about Tulipshare, including how it works, how much it costs and some pros and cons.<\/p>

What is Tulipshare?<\/h3>

Tulipshare thinks that investors should be able to ask for ethical management of the companies that they invest in, so its created an investment platform that allows you to use your shareholder voting rights. It pools its users\u2019 resources to participate in activism without individual investors having to invest tens of thousands of pounds in one company. <\/p>

At the moment, Tulipshare is campaigning for multiple causes. It wants:<\/p>