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Practical Law ANZ Glossary w-032-5044
(Approx. 2 pages)
Glossary
Shareholder
For the purposes of the
Companies Act 1993
(
CA 1993
), in relation to a company, a person:
Whose name is entered in the share register as the holder of one or more shares in the company.
Who is:
named as a shareholder in an application for registration of the company; or
entitled to have their name entered in the share register under a registered amalgamation proposal as a shareholder in an amalgamated party.
(
Section 96, CA 1993
.)
For more information, see
Practice note, Shareholders, shareholder liability and classes of shares
.