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stockholders

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  1. The persons or corporations holding stock in a corporation.


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"Our amended agreement with Netflix is a testament to the board's unrelenting focus on representing and advancing our stockholders' interests," said Samuel Di Piazza, Jr, chair of the Warner Bros Discovery board of directors.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

The conversion would dilute the common stockholders' ownership, but allow AMC to pay down some of its $5.1 billion in debt.

From Reuters • Jun. 28, 2023

L Brand’s board chair, Sarah Nash, said the settlement marks the full and final resolution of the stockholders’ claims of workplace misconduct.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2021

To avoid further liability, Mr. Taubman paid $156 million of the civil costs, plus $30 million to settle a stockholders’ suit.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2015

Concluding that economics, not politics, held the key to black success in America, Moore started a new career as a corporate gadfly, disrupting stockholders' meetings with pointed questions about racial policies and hiring practices.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

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