shareholder
shareholder
Definition
share·holder (s̸her′hōl′dər)
noun
a person who holds or owns a share or shares, esp. in a corporation
shareholder
Synonyms
shareholder
Law Definition
n
A person who owns one or
more shares of stock in a joint-stock company or a corporation. Synonymous with
stockholder.
shareholder
Usage Examples
Preposition: on
- register: The dividend will be paid on 29 January 2002 to shareholders on the register at 23 November 2001.
Preposition: at
- outset: We register clean companies you are appointed as director(s ) and shareholder at the outset.
- agm: In the current year Norman Murray is also retiring and offers himself for re-election by shareholders at the 2006 AGM.
Converse of object
- entitle: The shareholders entitled to the dividend make the choice.
- appoint: There is no requirement for appointing local shareholder and director.
Adjective modifier
- institutional: The company also holds meetings with its major institutional shareholders to discuss the company's operations.
- non-resident: If a New York " S " corporation has non-resident shareholders, they too are subject to taxation on a personal level.
- controlling: Silver Point is also becoming the controlling shareholder of CF Gomma's Polish subsidiary.
- sole: The sole director can also act as the sole shareholder.
- dissenting: Creditors and dissenting shareholders may object to the court against such payment.
- disgruntled: Directors are being targeted by disgruntled shareholders, regulators, auditors and other claimants.
Modifies a noun
- activism: Combined with the Myners reforms on shareholder activism, there may now be greater pressure on investors to ask more searching questions.
- approval: This requires shareholder approval, which in turn requires the production of a circular.
- value: The priority of the new owner would be to maximize shareholder value even at the expense of reduced safety.
- agreement: Have you a proper shareholders agreement to record exactly what you have agreed?
Noun used with modifier
- nominee: We provide a company Nominee Shareholder for the first year.
- minority: For a few years, Renault was also a minority shareholder in the Volvo Car Corporation.
- majority: The majority shareholder of the GAZ Group is Russian Machines holding, which is part of the Basic Element Group.
- founder: In his non-political life he was a fruit merchant and a founder shareholder of the Cumnock Municipal Bank.
Possessives
- fund: Achieved profits shareholders ' funds are around £ 290 million lower than they would have been under the 2001 assumptions.
shareholder Quotes
Why should not a large shareholder sometimes name the president?
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