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Blockholder

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blockholder
The owner of a large proportion of ownership shares of a company.

Blockholder
A shareholder with an exceptionally large amount or value of stock. While there is no specific definition of how many shares constitute a block, most people using the term refer to holding or trading more than 10,000 shares and/or shares worth more than $200,000. Almost invariably, blockholders are institutional investors. See also: Block trade, Secondary issue.


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In addition, having a single large blockholder of stock tends to ensure that CEO skill and pay are linked.
An article in the latest issue of Barron's that caught the eyes of Bill Martin and Matt Ragas explored the performance of stocks that have big blockholders i.
as a blockholder of 94 IIN's (Issuer Identifier Numbers) for its A-Net cards," Cowan said.
 
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