Corporate Governance · glossary

Shareholder

An owner of shares, called a member in the Companies Act 2006. Shareholders choose the directors and decide a few matters the charter leaves out on purpose, such as a loan to a director. Brackenholme's are the family trust (55%), Calderbank (35%) and Margaret Holroyd (10%). Charter §2.4 · Chapter 1 · Chapter 2

Explained in Chapter 1, What a Board Is For, of Corporate Governance.

The main page for this term is Shareholder, in Shareholders' Agreements.

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