Glossary

Shareholder

Person owning shares of a company through holding stocks.

Shareholders own part of the capital stock respectively the assets of a company according to the number of their shares. As (partial) owners of the company they have several shareholders' rights, as the right to elect the members of the Supervisory Board.


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