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The holder for the time being of a [[share]] in the equity of a company. Usually shares are issued in [[registered form]] (as opposed to [[bearer security|bearer]] form). | {{a|g|{{image|Shareholders|jpg|The [[hive mind]]’s conceptualisation of some shareholders, yesterday.}} }}The holder for the time being of a [[share]] in the equity of a company; a part owner of a corporate enterprise. Usually, shares are issued in [[registered form]] (as opposed to [[bearer security|bearer]] form), because it is sort of important to know who — you know — ''owns the goddamn company''. Whereas your [[creditors]], on the other hand — could you really give a fig about them? Well, obviously you ''could'', but as a general category, when you have issued that ''indebtedness'' in the form of [[Bearer instrument|freely transferable]] [[debt securities]], it is mainly that fact that ''someone'' (other than you)<ref>If it ''does'' happen to be you, then we should raise a glass, by the way, to whomsoever was the wizard who thought up [[Debt value adjustment|debt value adjustments]], allowing a near-bankrupt bank to book a profit off the discounted price at which it might buy its own paper back in the market, to massage its profit and loss statement in a particularly oily year.</ref> holds them that concerns you, rather than precisely ''who''. | ||
{{ | How ''important'' the shareholder is — and should be — in the grander scheme of things, is the topic of a JC essay, [[Stakeholder capitalism|here]]. | ||
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