Talk:Shareholder
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There seems to be two pages, Shareholder and stockholder that are the same thing. No? Alex756
Also, this seems to just be a definition, which I thought weren't supposed to go on separate pages...? Prawn 12:52 May 11, 2003 (UTC)
- There is also another definition on stockholder. I vote for this being moved to stockholder and then someone can make make it a encyclopedia entry (there is a lot of stuff that could go into such an entry, I don't think it will be limited to a definition, many Wikipedia articles start with definitions. Alex756 13:43 May 12, 2003 (UTC)
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- I agree, but the other way about. Make stockholder the redirect. Tannin
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- Black's Law Dictionary 7th ed., Deluxe ed., says (at 1431): stockholder. See SHAREHOLDER though it is the otherway around for Share, stock is more prevalent there. So I agree, I'm making stockholder the redirect to shareholder. Alex756
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Here is the text from: stockholder
- Stockholders is the term for those individuals or entities that own shares of stock in a company. Stockholders are granted special privileges, including the right to vote (usually one vote per share owned) on matters such as board of director elections, the right to share in distributions of the company's income, the right to purchase new shares issued by the company, and the right to a company's assets during a liquidation of the company. However, stockholder's rights to a company's assets are subordinate to the rights of the company's creditors. This means that stockholders typically receive nothing if a company is liquidated after bankruptcy, although a stock may have value after a bankruptcy if there is the possibility that the debts of the company will be restructured. Another term that is used for stockholders is shareholder.
- Stockholders are considered by some to be a subset of stakeholders.
