shareholder

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a person who owns shares in a company and therefore gets part of the company's profits and the right to vote on how the company is controlled:

Shareholders will be voting on the proposed merger of the companies next week.

someone who owns shares in a company

a person or organization that owns shares in a company:

Shareholders will be voting on the proposed merger of the companies next week.

Under the proposals, shareholders will receive a cash offer of between 245p and 255p a share.

It has not been demonstrated that good environmental and social practices create value for shareholders, but it is clear that bad ones can destroy it.