Examples of stockholder in a Sentence
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Although the proxy battle’s outcome largely hinges on these larger stockholders, as much as 40% of Disney shares are held by individuals.
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William Gavin, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
Major stockholders and company founders usually sell their shares in smaller amounts over time to avoid destabilizing the stock price.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2024
Reddit, along with some existing stockholders, plans to offer 22 million shares of the company’s Class A stock, meaning the IPO could raise as much as $748 million from those shares, according to a prospectus filed on Monday.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
According to the parties, the premium to be paid by Silver Lake — which already owns 71% of the voting shares in Endeavor — represents $4.6 billion more equity value to all Endeavor stockholders.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 Apr. 2024
Roughly 58% of stockholders voted to reject the board’s executive compensation decisions at the 2021 annual meeting, though the measure was non-binding.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Spirit stockholders received approximately $425 million in total prepayments while the merger agreement was in effect.
—Lori Aratani, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
According to Vizio, no other stockholder approval is required to complete the transaction.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 20 Feb. 2024
Trump will also have the power to elect who sits on the board of directors and can potentially block matters that would normally require stockholder approval, including the acquisition of the company.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2024
William Gavin, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
Major stockholders and company founders usually sell their shares in smaller amounts over time to avoid destabilizing the stock price.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2024
Reddit, along with some existing stockholders, plans to offer 22 million shares of the company’s Class A stock, meaning the IPO could raise as much as $748 million from those shares, according to a prospectus filed on Monday.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
According to the parties, the premium to be paid by Silver Lake — which already owns 71% of the voting shares in Endeavor — represents $4.6 billion more equity value to all Endeavor stockholders.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 Apr. 2024
Roughly 58% of stockholders voted to reject the board’s executive compensation decisions at the 2021 annual meeting, though the measure was non-binding.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Spirit stockholders received approximately $425 million in total prepayments while the merger agreement was in effect.
—Lori Aratani, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
According to Vizio, no other stockholder approval is required to complete the transaction.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 20 Feb. 2024
Trump will also have the power to elect who sits on the board of directors and can potentially block matters that would normally require stockholder approval, including the acquisition of the company.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2024
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First Known Use
1753, in the meaning defined above
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Kids Definition
stockholder
noun
stock·hold·er
ˈstäk-ˌhōl-dər 
: an owner of stocks
Legal Definition
stockholder
noun
stock·hold·er
: an owner of corporate stock compare bondholder
stockholding
noun or adjective
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