Crossword clues for shareholder
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
shareholder
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a minority shareholder (=someone who owns less than half the shares in a company)
▪ A minority shareholder with 10% of voting rights refused to accept the plan.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
▪ Ultimately they take their orders from their big shareholders, the G7.
existing
▪ Rights issues require a minimum subscription period of 3 weeks to allow existing shareholders the chance to take up their rights.
▪ The House of Lords found that there was no duty of care either to existing shareholders or to potential investors.
▪ Third, an Esop can be used to buy back shares from existing employee shareholders.
▪ Junk bonds were used to finance leveraged buyouts and takeovers, with the aim of extracting value from existing bondholders and shareholders.
▪ Special Existing shareholders and employees will get the same incentives as the public as well as special treatment on allocation.
▪ This is something of a misnomer, as the offer is restricted to existing shareholders of the bidder on a prorata basis.
▪ Accordingly, the open offer and clawback preserves the pre-emption rights of existing shareholders of the bidder.
▪ While most perks are a benefit for existing shareholders, P&O has used them to boost its share register.
individual
▪ This may encourage a few feisty individual shareholders to sue.
▪ It too can offer performance-related bonuses, and it does not face the free-rider problem which confronts individual shareholders.
▪ Nationalisation and the frequent replacement of individual owner-managers by shareholders and managerial bureaucracies have both changed the structure of industry.
▪ The position on bankruptcy of an individual shareholder is broadly similar.
▪ No individual employee or shareholder has had that control, but the corporation has.
institutional
▪ It would comprise representatives of all the City institutions, but particularly institutional shareholders and lenders.
▪ The panel would provide a point of reference for institutional shareholders, other City institutions and auditors to air concerns.
▪ There had been no suggestion from the company's bankers or major institutional shareholders to date that he should do so.
▪ Ferranti was unchanged at 57.5p following a meeting with institutional shareholders.
▪ However, there was a significant number of private and institutional shareholders.
▪ It has been brought forward to 5 April to allow institutional shareholders to enjoy the 25 percent grossing-up for the last time.
▪ Do well-informed diversified institutional shareholders need such a signal?
large
▪ The plan looks unlikely to get agreement given the opposition by two of the bank's largest shareholders.
▪ But instead, it meant that Morland's largest shareholder, Whitbred, had to sell its shares.
▪ The section, however, has a narrow scope applying only to directors, officers, and large shareholders.
▪ There is believed to be no such problem amongst the larger company's shareholders.
major
▪ Hughes shareholders would then exit the company over time, leaving News Corp as the major shareholder.
▪ But it was rebuffed by other major shareholders.
▪ He's the Managing Director and major shareholder in Acorn Hotels.
▪ There had been no suggestion from the company's bankers or major institutional shareholders to date that he should do so.
▪ I am a major shareholder, if you remember.
▪ I was lucky being a major shareholder.
ordinary
▪ The profit for the year attributable to ordinary shareholders amounted to £20,618,000.
▪ The Directors propose to offer ordinary shareholders the opportunity to receive fully paid ordinary shares in the Company in lieu of the cash dividend.
▪ Subordinated loan stock will rank behind all unsecured creditors but ahead of preference shareholders and ordinary shareholders.
▪ Normally, however, ordinary shareholders expect lower yields than preference shareholders and loan stock holders because of their participation rights.
▪ In a classic Desmond manoeuvre, the big names were brought in as Ordinary shareholders for a total of £1m.
▪ It aims to achieve a high level of income for ordinary shareholders as well as providing capital growth.
▪ When all these are paid, ordinary shareholders get what is left, which is usually not much.
other
▪ It looks as if Mr Franklin and other shareholders will have to wait another three weeks for news on that front.
▪ He was, however, negotiating with the other shareholders to take an increased stake in the company.
▪ To enable a business to buy in the shares of retiring directors or other shareholders who wish to realise their holding.
private
▪ Trading began on May 11 and attracted 400,000 private shareholders.
▪ The other 48 percent is owned by private shareholders.
▪ It must be conceded that private shareholders to not always behave logically over their investments.
▪ However, there was a significant number of private and institutional shareholders.
▪ More to the point, they vote as proxies for private shareholders who typically deposit their shares in the bank's custody.
▪ Criticisms have been made that the present system excludes private shareholders.
▪ At the last count, Britain boasted about 11 million private shareholders, the majority of them beneficiaries of the privatisation boom.
small
▪ In either event, small shareholders should think carefully before selling any holding.
▪ Because it was once the party of nationalisation, it can not now be the party of the small shareholder.
▪ Pure retail business involving small shareholders would remain outside the system for the foreseeable future.
▪ Favourable treatment has been given to the small shareholder, when allocating oversubscribed issues, in some of the privatisation issues.
■ NOUN
approval
▪ However, a Class 1 transaction is not sufficiently important to require shareholder approval.
▪ The proposal, which requires shareholder approval, will create a new company with shares that trade separately.
▪ The pact was approved by the boards of Novell and of AT&T but is still subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals.
▪ Wells expects to close the merger by April 1, pending regulatory and shareholder approval.
▪ Such a measure would normally require independent shareholder approval but the exchange has waived this.
▪ The transaction is subject to shareholder approval of both companies, and should be completed in the fall.
▪ Earlier this year the Department of Trade and Industry backed down from making shareholder approval of pay schemes a statutory requirement.
lawsuit
▪ It would make California a mecca for shareholder lawsuits.
▪ Voters rejected measures to ban most lawsuits resulting from car accidents, limit shareholder lawsuits and slash lawyers' contingency fees.
▪ Voters also defeated Proposition 201, a complicated measure aimed at restricting shareholder lawsuits, which have plagued Silicon Valley high-tech companies.
▪ Opponents say the shareholders lawsuits are merely nuisance suits aimed at securing out-of-court settlements.
▪ But Spectrum soon became mired in losses, and when the stock plummeted, it was hit by numerous shareholder lawsuits.
▪ Two Disney shareholder lawsuits were filed against the current and former directors of the company, charging them with wasting corporate assets.
▪ Stevens International Inc. said it agreed in principle to settle a class-action shareholder lawsuit against it.
majority
▪ The result is that the shareholders in the target company become the majority shareholders in the acquiring company.
▪ He was largely unknown to football when last June he was introduced to Edwards, the chairman and majority shareholder of United.
minority
▪ The provision would be reversed when profits attributable to the minority shareholders started to make good the losses that were made earlier.
▪ Among the most debated changes is one that would affect minority shareholder rights when a company is acquired.
▪ Disapplication requires a special resolution, ie a 75% majority, which the minority shareholder referred to could not block.
▪ A part disposal is occurring here - the effect is to increase the stake of the minority shareholders from 20% to 45%.
▪ A purchaser of shares may need to resort to petitioning the court to buy out minority shareholders.
▪ The matter was thrown into further confusion, however, when leave to appeal was granted to the minority shareholders.
▪ He claimed that Electronics' actions in withholding money due to Magnetics were prejudicial to the minority shareholders.
▪ As part of the rescue operation it left control of the banks with the minority shareholders.
value
▪ Growth in profitability and shareholder value must therefore come from other, developing markets...
▪ That move would likely hurt shareholder value and earnings for a longer period of time, analysts said.
▪ This ought to drive efficiency and create shareholder value.
▪ A merger would have several benefits, Amerman insisted, including stronger international marketing, more efficient manufacturing and increased shareholder value.
▪ Although its bid failed, Hoylake's objective of maximising shareholder value had been realised.
▪ Finally the health of the enterprise can never be summarized by shareholder value alone.
▪ Looking at developments in perspective also allows Kennedy to see the dynamic in the shareholder value process.
▪ In this case, the other stakeholders trampled in the rush for shareholder value are fighting back.
■ VERB
approve
▪ The acquisition of the 61 Gateway stores was approved by shareholders.
▪ Because the shares tendered were below 90 % of all outstanding shares, the acquisition must be approved by Magma shareholders.
▪ The proposed acquisition, which must be approved by shareholders, values the two networks at about $ 16 a share.
▪ If approved, shareholders will boost a two share holding to five shares.
▪ A similar plan offered by a shareholder rights group was approved by shareholders last year, but rejected by the board.
▪ The merger already has been approved by shareholders and by the Justice Department.
become
▪ It is the firm conviction of your Board that you should not become shareholders in a company with such an unsound strategy.
▪ The result is that the shareholders in the target company become the majority shareholders in the acquiring company.
▪ Many hundreds of thousands of trade unionists were among those who became shareholders for the first time.
▪ Such behaviour will become rarer once private-sector shareholders demand more of their banks.
increase
▪ A merger would have several benefits, Amerman insisted, including stronger international marketing, more efficient manufacturing and increased shareholder value.
▪ The programme's objectives include improving the divisions' financial accountability and increasing emphasis on shareholder wealth.
offer
▪ The Directors propose to offer shareholders the opportunity to receive fully paid ordinary shares in the Company in lieu of the cash dividend.
▪ A similar plan offered by a shareholder rights group was approved by shareholders last year, but rejected by the board.
▪ The Directors propose to offer ordinary shareholders the opportunity to receive fully paid ordinary shares in the Company in lieu of the cash dividend.
▪ As an alternative to the cash dividend the Board is proposing that an enhanced scrip dividend is offered to shareholders.
pay
▪ The striking price will be paid to those shareholders who offered to sell their shares either at or below that price.
▪ How, for example, would the funds pay off shareholders who want out?
▪ No dividend will be paid to shareholders this year.
▪ Growth stocks and speculative stocks tend to reinvest their profits rather than pay them out to shareholders.
▪ Dividends are paid to the shareholders each year if adequate profits are made.
▪ Iberdrola has paid its shareholders a dividend of 61. 25 pesetas per share each year for the past three years.
▪ When all these are paid, ordinary shareholders get what is left, which is usually not much.
▪ A necropolis was established in Liverpool in 1825, and within five years was paying shareholders a dividend of 8%.
receive
▪ Employees and shareholders have also received death threats and hate mail.
▪ Mattel shareholders would receive one share for each outstanding Mattel share.
▪ The Directors propose to offer shareholders the opportunity to receive fully paid ordinary shares in the Company in lieu of the cash dividend.
▪ At that price, Firefox shareholders would receive stock worth $ 83. 7 million.
▪ The Directors propose to offer ordinary shareholders the opportunity to receive fully paid ordinary shares in the Company in lieu of the cash dividend.
▪ Under that agreement, First Interstate shareholders will receive $ 152. 33 per share.
▪ The regulatory filing made yesterday reiterated that shareholders may receive a lower share price if regulatory costs for the merger rise.
require
▪ However, a Class 1 transaction is not sufficiently important to require shareholder approval.
▪ The proposal, which requires shareholder approval, will create a new company with shares that trade separately.
▪ Consent is not required of the shareholders of any company which is a wholly owned subsidiary.
▪ The deal requires the approval of shareholders and regulators.
▪ Such a measure would normally require independent shareholder approval but the exchange has waived this.
▪ Symington is the only person listed on state forms requiring disclosure of shareholders who own more than 20 percent of its stock.
return
▪ Do they return the money to shareholders through higher dividends or repay debt?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Caradon shareholders are entitled to retain an interim dividend of 4p a share.
▪ For shareholders, it must have been like winning the pools.
▪ How do salaries compare to distributions to shareholders?
▪ It is another example of using shareholder resolutions to force a change in corporate policies.
▪ Some shareholders are unhappy with the running of the club and are concerned with the way the recent annual meeting was conducted.
▪ The investigation was requested after criticisms of the chairman's statement and the accounts by a shareholder at a recent company meeting.
▪ The Van Leer Group Foundation, the only shareholder at present, plans to keep its majority for the coming years.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shareholder
Shareholder \Share"hold`er\, n. One who holds or owns a share or shares in a joint fund or property.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
shareholder
n. One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.
WordNet
shareholder
n. someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation [syn: stockholder, shareowner]
Wikipedia
Shareholder
A '''shareholder ''' or stockholder is an individual or institution (including a corporation) that legally owns a share of stock in a public or private corporation. Shareholders may be referred to as members of a corporation. Legally, a person is not a shareholder in a corporation until his or her name and other details are entered in the corporation's register of members.
Shareholders of a corporation are legally separate from the corporation itself. They are generally not liable for the debts of the corporation; and the shareholders' liability for company debts are said to be limited to the unpaid share price, unless if a shareholder has offered guarantees. The assets of the corporation are not assets of the shareholders. The only entitlement of shareholders is to a dividend declared and paid in accordance with the applicable laws and rules of the corporation, and to a share of the capital of the corporation on winding up.
Usage examples of "shareholder".
Shares owned by nonresident shareholders in a domestic corporation, the tax being assessed on the basis of corporate assets and payable by the corporation either out of its general fund or by collection from the shareholder.
Third Scene This gloomy place need not be a mine: it might just as well be a match-factory, with yellow phosphorus, phossy jaw, a large dividend, and plenty of clergymen shareholders.
While the council, as practical men of business, would be bound to promote the prosperity of their shareholders, he was sure they would be actuated by statesmanlike views.
Instead, the stock was actively traded on the London Exchange, and annual meetings were swayed by whatever coalition of shareholders emerged on any particular issue.
Ordinarily, unauthorized disclosure of Internal information is not expected to cause serious harm to the company, its shareholders, its business partners, its customers, or its employees.
C- and B- level bonds are gigantic funds, with lots of corporate shareholders who hate uncompensated risk and hire expensive lawyers to protect their investments.
There were always plenty of books, and besides those in the house there was the Atheneum Library, which, although not a free library, was very inexpensive to the shareholders.
Or downsizing may be undertaken as a more or less routine way of pleasing the shareholders, who, thanks to stock options, now include the top-level managers.
The shareholders themselves will do their best to enliven the festivities with fiddles, flutes and bagpipes.
It had been a difficult task, confidential shareholder lists pirated from USB notwithstanding.
Who had told Kaiser about the theft of the shareholder lists and their delivery to Klaus Konig?
The matter was as it were a partnership without deed of contract between the Portlanders and the shareholders of the vessel, and the Portlanders, though they also have suffered their losses, have not had the worst of it.
Sam has a board of directors he must satisfy, and shareholders 11 T he scientist shook his head, for the first time impatiently.
He could not help thinking that his unhappy drawing would make the task of getting shareholders more difficult than ever.
All corporations also had irate shareholders, whose dividends diminished as ransoms rose.