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stockholder

n. shareholder in a corporation. (See: shareholder)

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According to Catalytica, the amendment reflects the company's encouragement of strong institutional ownership in response to the continued support it has received from some of its largest stockholders.

Catalytica Amends Stockholder Rights Plan

In this installation, the tyranny of mass-produced kitchenware and bright plastic storage bins was unfortunately only amplified by the living-room area Stockholder created in the gallery with mismatched pieces of uninteresting, dirty furniture, all on an orange rug.

Jessica Stockholder: Gorney Bravin + Lee

First, the Tax Court looked to the stockholder restricted and director restricted matters on which a class vote was required.

Does Alumax bar "bankruptcy-proofing" and special voting rights?

"Equally, the stockholder can advise customers on the products the mills can supply most easily to meet their requirements."

Drive on for more growth

But perhaps most interesting (from a progressive standpoint) was the fourth provision of the law, which allowed corporate directors who are weighing take over bids to consider not only the stockholders' interests but also those of employees, customers, suppliers, and the company's surrounding community--the stakeholders, as they are called.

Stakeholders versus stockholders

In general, the basic findings from the event studies of the announcement effects of mergers provide generally consistent evidence that there are gains to stockholders of target firms.

Staff Studies

First, sole ownership of the corporation by a single stockholder prevents its classification as a CHC.

Definition of cooperative housing corporation

If the stockholder violates these confidentiality rules by sharing the information with unauthorized persons, or making them public to put the corporation in a bad light, he or she could find himself or herself in serious legal trouble.

Limits to corporate records access

During Orbital's special stockholder meeting, Orbital stockholders voted to approve the merger.

ATK Stockholders Approve the Issuance of Shares to Orbital Sciences Corp. Stockholders

(NYSE: APP) said that its board of directors has adopted a new, one-year stockholder rights plan that is designed to strengthen the ability of the board to protect its stockholders.

American Apparel changes stockholder rights plan

The 2010 case, In re CNX Gas Corporation Shareholders Litigation, established that the Delaware courts would apply business judgment rule review in the case of a controlling stockholder tender offer, so long as certain procedural safeguards were in place to protect the minority stockholders.

Harmonizing going private transactions: the Delaware Chancery Court gives controlling stockholders a clearer road map for taking a corporation private