Definition of shareholding in English:
shareholding
nounˈʃɛːhəʊldɪŋˈʃɛrˌhoʊldɪŋ
An allocation of shares held in a company.
this year he sold a 15 per cent shareholding in the company
Example sentencesExamples
- The company was floated on the stock market in 1985, though the family retained a significant shareholding.
- The company further agreed to subscribe for additional new ordinary shares to take its shareholding to 54 per cent.
- He said the details of the changes in shareholding will be made public at a later date.
- Two weeks ago, he denied all knowledge of a change in shareholding.
- The company may have a significant influence over some of its smaller suppliers or subcontractors, perhaps even a minority shareholding.
- The fear was that any release of information would greatly compromise their position in respect of a final market valuation of the shareholding.
- These loans were used for appropriation of the airline's principal assets—that is, real-estate property and shareholding.
- Company records show that he held a direct shareholding in at least one firm, an advertising company, as recently as May 2007.
- This acquisition of a majority shareholding goes beyond the legitimate exercise of a majority shareholder's right to manage the company.
- Its shareholding in the new bank will not be diluted to less than 55 per cent.
Definition of shareholding in US English:
shareholding
nounˈSHerˌhōldiNGˈʃɛrˌhoʊldɪŋ
An allocation of shares held in a company.
this year he sold a 15 percent shareholding in the company
Example sentencesExamples
- The company was floated on the stock market in 1985, though the family retained a significant shareholding.
- The company may have a significant influence over some of its smaller suppliers or subcontractors, perhaps even a minority shareholding.
- Company records show that he held a direct shareholding in at least one firm, an advertising company, as recently as May 2007.
- This acquisition of a majority shareholding goes beyond the legitimate exercise of a majority shareholder's right to manage the company.
- Two weeks ago, he denied all knowledge of a change in shareholding.
- These loans were used for appropriation of the airline's principal assets—that is, real-estate property and shareholding.
- He said the details of the changes in shareholding will be made public at a later date.
- The company further agreed to subscribe for additional new ordinary shares to take its shareholding to 54 per cent.
- The fear was that any release of information would greatly compromise their position in respect of a final market valuation of the shareholding.
- Its shareholding in the new bank will not be diluted to less than 55 per cent.