majority shareholder

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• majority shareholder — majority share·hold·er n: a shareholder who alone or in combination with others controls a majority of the outstanding shares in a corporation Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• Majority Shareholder — A person or entity that owns more than 50% of a company s outstanding shares. The majority shareholder is often the founder of the company, or in the case of long established businesses, the founder s descendants. By virtue of controlling more… …   Investment dictionary

• majority shareholder — A shareholder who is part of a group that controls more than half the outstanding shares of a corporation. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …   Financial and business terms

• majority shareholder — /məˌdʒɒrəti ʃeəhəυldə/ noun a person who owns more than half the shares in a company …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• Shareholder 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… …   Wikipedia

• majority — ▪ I. majority ma‧jor‧i‧ty 1 [məˈdʒɒrti ǁ məˈdʒɔː , məˈdʒɑː ] noun majorities PLURALFORM 1. [singular] most of the people or things in a particular group: • Some franchisees quit, but the majority are still hanging on. majority of …   Financial and business terms

• shareholder — Person or entity that owns shares or equity in a corporation. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary The owner of shares in a company. Shareholders supply what is known as the risk capital and share in the success of the company. If the company is a… …   Financial and business terms

• shareholder — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, large, major, substantial ▪ small ▪ main, principal ▪ controlling …   Collocations dictionary

• Shareholder 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 …   Wikipedia

• majority-owned — UK US adjective ► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET a majority owned company is controlled by a shareholder who owns more shares in it than any other shareholder, and enough to be in control of it: »The French energy company is still majority owned by the… …   Financial and business terms

• majority stake — ➔ stake1 * * * majority stake UK US noun [C] ► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET the right to control a company because you own a group of shares that together are more than any other shareholder has: majority stake in sth »The German telecommunications… …   Financial and business terms