shareholding

Equity in company

A shareholding is the shares owned by a person or entity in a company: Her shareholding in the firm gives her a seat on the board.

The term emphasizes ownership as a stake or position rather than the shares themselves.

Someone with a majority shareholding controls more than half the company's shares.

ownership

stake

Sharpened post or share

percentage · title · beneficiary · custodian · trustee · proprietor · entitlement · beneficial ownership · registered owner · nominee

valuation

market value

Current trading price

depreciation · NAV · portfolio · asset · paper profit · mark-to-market · fair value

corporate

voting rights

Entitlement to elect officials

  • proxyAuthorized substitute
  • AGMYearly shareholder assembly
  • resolutionFormal decision or determination

board seat · director · governance · activist · fiduciary · stewardship · influence · control · squeeze-out · takeover

structure

majority

Over half of total

pyramid · subsidiary · parent company · affiliate · interlocking · threshold · ceiling · cap · fragmented · concentrated

dividend

payout

Money distributed to recipient

final · reinvestment · earnings · income · ex-dividend · payment date · scrip · entitlement · declaration · return

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Opposites
ownership structure

shareholdinglending

Temporary provision of resources

debt · bonds · loan · debenture · secured loan

financial instrument type

shareholdingdebt

Money owed another

bonds · debentures · notes · loans

relationship to company

shareholdingdivestment

Disposal of assets

selloff

Family

shareholdings

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