Definition of "shareholder" []

• One that owns or holds a share or shares of stock; a stockholder. Also called shareowner. (noun)

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• "The term shareholder primacy typically connotes two distinct principles: (1) The shareholder wealth maximization norm, pursuant to which directors are obliged to make decision based solely on the basis of long-term shareholder gain."
• "The old view that short term shareholder interests are always in best for Britain's companies."
• "As we mentioned before the decline in mutual fund proxies does not appear to be secular, the funds truly have been focused on reducing the level of activity given cost and cost focus as well as what we call shareholder fatigue which means in the fiscal year '08 and '09 and into '10 there was a tremendous amount of activity."