Shareholder
21shareholder — (stockholder) A person who owns shares of stock in a corporation or joint stock company. Referred to as Shareholder under Rev. Model Bus.Corp. Act and a number of state statutes, and defined in Model Act (No. 1.40) as the person in whose name… …
22Shareholder value — is a business buzz term, which implies that the ultimate measure of a company s success is to enrich shareholders. It became popular during the 1980s, and is particularly associated with former CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch. The term used… …
23Shareholder oppression — occurs when the majority shareholders in a corporation take action that unfairly prejudices the minority. It most commonly occurs in close corporations, because the lack of a public market for shares leaves minority shareholders particularly… …
24Shareholder resolution — Shareholder resolutions are proposals submitted by stockholders for a vote at the company s annual meeting. Typically, resolutions are opposed by the corporation s management, hence the insistence for a vote. For publicly held corporations in the …
25Shareholder loan — is a debt like form of financing provided by shareholders. Ususally, it is the most junior debt in the company s debt portfolio, and since this loan belongs to shareholders it should be treated as equity. Maturity of shareholder loans is long… …
26shareholder rights plan — poison pill, Also known as a shareholder rights plan. In the context of takeovers, action taken by the target to make itself unattractive to a bidder or potential bidder. Such action is restricted under the UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers… …
27shareholder rebellion — ˈshareholder reˌbellion noun [countable] JOURNALISM an occasion when the shareholders of a company do not agree with decisions made by its directors, and try to change them: • A shareholder rebellion at Storebrand stopped a merger between the two …
28shareholder value added — ( SVA) A financial performance metric that attempts to measure the benefit created for a firm s capital holders. It is expressed in dollar terms for a period not as a percentage return ratio. SVA is an adjusted value for after tax earnings, for a …
29shareholder equity — ➔ equity …
30shareholder control agreement — n: a written unanimous agreement of shareholders that transfers control of specified areas of corporate governance (as election of directors and officers, issue of dividends, employment of shareholders, or arbitration of disputes) from directors… …
