(n.) The holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are deposited when a wager is laid.
Example Sentences:
(1) In a submission to a House of Lords EU subcommittee , it said: "Most of the stakeholders consulted believe that opting out of this and relying on alternative arrangements would result in fewer extraditions, longer delays, higher costs, more offenders evading justice and increased risk to public safety."
(2) The company lagged "far behind its major competitors, with zero reporting of its energy or environmental footprint to any source or stakeholder", the report said.
(3) "Given that stakeholder consultations are ongoing, this preliminary report will not draw any conclusions about the issues or key messages emerging from these consultations," it said.
(4) As I outlined during our meeting, I believe we can strengthen both of our companies by bringing them together, enhancing their worldwide scale and scope, and capitalizing on significant opportunities, building on the position of Kraft Foods Inc. ("Kraft Foods") as a global powerhouse in snacks, confectionery and quick meals for the benefit of all of our respective stakeholders.
(5) We invite the Collaborative Partnership on Forests to continue its support to the Forum and encourage stakeholders to remain actively engaged in the work of the Forum.
(6) However, the ONS survey does not include group personal pensions or stakeholder pensions, which many firms brought in as a replacement for their final salary arrangements, so arguably does not provide the complete picture.
(7) Implementing real joint working VODG chairman Bill Mumford: " How well CCGs and the NHS works with other stakeholders to try and deliver change – together with local authorities and the third and private sector – is a thorny issue.
(8) C. Engaging major groups and other stakeholders 42.
(9) The panel debate – entitled "Local authorities: meeting new public health responsibilities in smoking cessation" – heard from key stakeholders and policymakers and then invited the audience to take part in a Q&A session, followed by a roundtable discussion.
(10) Stakeholder pensions are available on a group or individual basis.
(11) The BBC Trust received more than 800 written consultation responses from individuals and industry stakeholders, and also spoke to more than 60 industry stakeholders.
(12) I did not expect that I would hear about drug abuse and substance abuse and other such challenges everywhere I went,” Clinton said at an August forum that brought together stakeholders to address heroin use in particular.
(13) First, our research has identified a real tension between patient safety knowledge that is pushed into healthcare organisations by outside stakeholders, and knowledge that is generated as a result of frontline clinical experience.
(14) The firm, i4Health, lobbied the new Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) in July 2013 for a memorandum of understanding to "ensure that requests [for patient data] from life sciences receive prompt attention", an examination of the stakeholder forums of HSCIC shows.
(15) Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS) is working with a number of stakeholders to explore how circular economy principles can be applied in this field.
(16) Labor will work with the Queensland government and stakeholders to implement the recommendations of the Great Barrier Reef water science taskforce report.
(17) I should say, I would have preferred to sit behind the desk and get the work done, but it's part of the mayor's responsibility to do the ceremonial stuff and ensure that you are able to interface with communities and stakeholders in your city."
(18) Director (Grade 6), Stakeholder and Engagement Team and No 10 Relationship manager - Marketing, Department for Business Innovation and Skills.
(19) "So, I will now undertake meetings and discussions with a wide range of stakeholders in the game to hear their views and to reassure them that I will continue to do my utmost personally, and through all the Premier League's means, to help promote diversity and inclusion, develop the women's game and support women who want be involved in football at any level.
(20) The takeover, which would be the biggest ever by a foreign company, has sparked a furious debate with politicians, stakeholders and captains of industry increasingly divided on its merits.
Stockholder
Definition:
(n.) One who is a holder or proprietor of stock in the public funds, or in the funds of a bank or other stock company.
Example Sentences:
(1) Existing stockholders, including the two founders, are cutting the number of shares they are selling in the IPO.
(2) Companies could spread the wealth, either giving it to stockholders or pumping it into the economy – wouldn't that be a nice change from what we hear about the unevenness of the economy, and companies hoarding cash while households struggle?
(3) While Zuckerberg's deputies received new shares last year, Facebook's compensation committee decided not to award more to the chief executive because "his existing equity ownership position sufficiently aligns his interests with those of our stockholders".
(4) Motive scores (needs for Achievement, Affiliation, and Power) of the chief executive officers of the nation's 50 largest industrial firms were determined using content analysis of letters to stockholders contained in the firms' annual reports.
(5) Today's report comes at a time when our business has never been stronger and we continue to demonstrate strong operational excellence focused on returning maximum value to all of our stockholders.
(6) And throughout it all, too many in our national media ... their corporate owners ... and their stockholders ... act as silent enablers, if not complicit co-conspirators.
(7) Can the Trust show us the evidence that its negotiations as a stockholder of Shell, BP and the other fossil fuel companies are the best route towards the rapid reduction of carbon emissions?
(8) Jim Payne, MoPub chief executive, and other MoPub stockholders, $667m 14,791,464 shares The mobile advertising exchange was bought by Twitter in September in an all-shares deal.
(9) Richard Gonzalez, AbbVie’s chairman and chief executive, said: “Although the strategic rationale of combining our two companies remains strong, the agreed upon valuation is no longer supported as a result of the changes to the tax rules and we did not believe it was in the best interests of our stockholders to proceed.” Shire waived a requirement for AbbVie to give it three days’ notice before its board meeting so that the US company could make its position clear.
(10) The board is confident that continuing to execute its strategic plan will create significantly more value for the company and its stockholders and is superior to any proposal that 21st Century Fox is in a position to offer,” it said.
(11) Can the trust show us the evidence that its negotiations as a stockholder of Shell, BP and the other fossil fuel companies are the best route towards the rapid reduction of carbon emissions?
(12) That’s the center of a whole movement called “corporate governance” where stockholders try to get companies to run themselves better, or at least more profitably.
(13) "Political rights won't be violated but will resemble those of a small stockholder in a giant enterprise," he wrote.
(14) The question is whether James, his father, the company and its stockholders believe that is fair enough in the light of Ofcom's conclusions.
(15) That is so even though the voter is also the taxpayer, who also has yet another alias as the selling stockholder in this venture – and thus a powerful reason for wanting to know what is going on with their investment.
(16) "Today's report comes at a time when our business has never been stronger and we continue to demonstrate strong operational excellence focused on returning maximum value to all of our stockholders.
(17) Lagardère, a conglomerate whose interests span publishing and airport retail, released a statement criticising the terms of the tie-up, in which EADS shareholders will emerge with 60% of the business while BAE stockholders take 40%.
(18) Still, there remains a question of whether the offshore tax holiday was ever really a plausible corporate problem, or one hyped by CEOs as an excuse to inflate their company's coffers and their stockholders' wallets rather than invest in new initiatives.
(19) "The founders of the Ponzi Victims Coalition are dedicated to pursuing legislative and litigative actions to mitigate the devastating effects these schemes have had upon fundholders, pensioners, stockholders, and all investors – direct and indirect – in these tainted investment instruments," it says.
(20) The company responded that it would oppose the resolution, which it said is not in the best interest of its stockholders, according to Natasha Lamb, Arjuna Capital’s director of equity research and shareholder engagement.