How to Use stockholder in a Sentence
stockholder
noun-
Cash that once went to stockholders will go to pay down debt.
— Liz Hoffman, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2017 -
But that doesn’t mean the deal would be a failure (except, maybe, for the stockholders).
— Joel Naroff, Philly.com, 30 June 2017 -
The hold-up came down to a single stockholder, the company has said.
— Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2022 -
The names of the stockholders are not listed in the application.
— Amy Lavalley, Post-Tribune, 2 May 2017 -
Under the terms of the deal, Vintage will pay Rent-A-Center stockholders $15 per share.
— Ben Tobin, USA TODAY, 18 June 2018 -
But here’s the big difference — like AT&T, when Xcel takes a hit, their stockholders lose.
— Jon Caldara, The Denver Post, 21 June 2019 -
And their lawyers could try to influence other stockholders to do the same, the Times noted.
— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2024 -
But the move also lowers the value of each stockholder's share.
— Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 29 July 2019 -
But if either of those things falter in 2020, stockholders might not be so thrilled.
— Adam Epstein, Quartz, 20 Dec. 2019 -
The downsizing is largely due to a decrease in the number of shares sold by stockholders.
— Erin Griffith, Fortune, 23 June 2017 -
When the bottom line is the stockholder and not the patient, there is a moral hazard that cannot be resolved, even with the best of intentions.
— Anchorage Daily News, 8 Dec. 2017 -
These three will be paid a salary, and one or all can be replaced at any time by a majority vote of the stockholder fans.
— Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 7 Nov. 2020 -
The new shareholder payout will be made on or after May 15, to stockholders of record at the close of business on April 24.
— Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 14 Apr. 2020 -
The new shareholder payout will be made on or after May 15, to stockholders of record at the close of business on April 21.
— Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2023 -
Will the government find a new tax to punish stockholders?
— Washington Post, 6 July 2019 -
But those changes did not benefit all of Airbnb’s stockholders.
— Erin Griffith, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2019 -
Short sellers borrow a company’s shares from a stockholder and then sell them in the market.
— Mark Davis, kansascity, 13 Dec. 2017 -
Twitter is ready to schedule a stockholder vote on the Musk purchase as early as mid-August, the lawsuit said.
— Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 12 July 2022 -
It’s been a bad couple of days for Tesla, but there’s no reason for the company or its stockholders to panic yet.
— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2023 -
With support from a group of current PG&E stockholders, the company is working on its own plan.
— J.d. Morris, SFChronicle.com, 24 July 2019 -
In rare circumstances, a defendant can prove that a stockholder brought the suit as a proxy for legal counsel.
— Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2023 -
Becker and Fagen were the last two remaining owners, which would then in turn make Fagen the last stockholder.
— Tom Breihan, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2017 -
The deal would include $4.5 billion to buy out non-voting B-class stockholders at $15 a share during a second phase of the transaction.
— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024 -
Still, if either the bondholders or the current stockholders prevail in their fight for control, the winning side could make a lot of money.
— J.d. Morris, SFChronicle.com, 23 July 2019 -
But the lawsuit filed on behalf of Adidas stockholders alleges that the company had for years been aware of the potential harm Ye could cause them.
— Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 1 May 2023 -
Even a question from a stockholder asking what will happen to his shares if someone buys Twitter and takes it private was shot down.
— CBS News, 26 May 2022 -
Credit unions, on the other hand, don’t have stockholders and are considered non-profits.
— Nathan Bachrach and Amy Wagner, Cincinnati.com, 18 Dec. 2019 -
In the same way, Chipotle’s current stockholders will receive a higher number of shares at lower prices.
— Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 26 June 2024 -
Its return on stockholders equity lately has been 15%, compared to a ten-year average of about 11%.
— John Dorfman, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 -
No court has ever allowed stockholder ratification after facts have been settled, with a sole exception during the past 70 years, McCormick wrote.
— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
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