stockholder

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Under these current offerings, token holders aren’t granted the same benefits as shareholders, including dividend payouts and voting rights on stockholder proposals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The oil-and-gas company announced an offering of 11 million shares by a selling stockholder, a position valued at about $1.96 billion as of Tuesday’s close of trading.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Netflix said the change “simplifies the transaction structure, provides greater certainty of value for WBD stockholders, and accelerates the path to a WBD stockholder vote.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

These advisory firms emerged during the 1980s as a stockholder reaction to the mayhem of leveraged buyouts and proxy battles taking place during the Gordon Gekko era on Wall Street.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

“I’ll get a job as a runner at the Exchange, then a clerk. I’ll become a stockholder and then a proper merchant, and then I’ll make my fortune.”

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo