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Gadfly

A nickname for a "professional" securityholder who owns stock in various companies, attends annual meetings and asks senior management hard and often embarrassing questions.

Gadfly

A slightly derogatory term for a shareholder who attends annual meetings of shareholders and asks the executives difficult questions. That is, the gadfly may question executive pay, ask why a dividend was not larger when it could have been, and may also generally point out issues about which other shareholders may not be aware. Obviously, many executives do not like the presence of gadflies, though shareholders may find them useful.

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All gadflies, of course, do not look or question alike.

Editor's introduction: who are our contemporary gadflies?

In other words, gadflies get under your skin, cause a lot of irritation, do a great deal of damage and can sometimes be fatal.

Royal Society of Arts under fire over devolution issue

As Jesus told his disciples, every generation wants to build shrines to the prophets of the past, but nobody wants these gadflies lampooning our own greed, arrogance, and corruption.

Blessed are the muckrakers: Michael Moore and other contemporary truth-tellers can trace their lineage to the biblical prophets and godly gadflies who took on the establishments of their day. (culture in context)

Acceptance of them won't keep the gadflies from hounding you, but it will offer some sensible rebuttals to their assertions.

De-fanging CEO compensation

Three clubs already recruiting for next season are Premier Division MSC Eastham (Paul Gee 07944 968 599) rival Premier side TSF (Dave Berry 07732 099 812) and New Brighton based Peggy Gadflies (Anne Dowdswell 07702 539 064).

Lance dance for joy at long last; WIRRAL SUNDAY LEAGUE

SO MICHAEL Howard has authorised his candidates to denounce the United Kingdom Independence Party as ``Cranks and Gadflies''.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: UKIP cranks

Thankfully, a new breed of environmentalist--led by the cultural gadflies at Adbusters Quarterly--is working on strategies to reduce the synaptic garbage piling up in various depositories of our distressed gray matter.

Clean up your mental environment; a mind is a terrible thing to waste. Wait, where did I hear that before? (margin notes)

As a solitary strike from Chase Kerwan clinched maximum returns for Peggy Gadflies against Bromborough but Neston capitulated 3-2 at Swinging Arm as Simon Austin, Mike McGrath and Robbie Boyle were on the mark for the winners.

Euro cash in on chase at the top; WIRRAL SUNDAY LEAGUE

The Eurosceptic party is described as ``cranks and political gadflies'' in a leaked Tory briefing paper.

Howard to set out policy on Europe

In the only game which took place in Division One Sportsman's Arms went second after they pulled off a fine 4-1 victory at Wirral Athletic while Division Two leaders Peggy Gadflies suffered a 3-2 defeat at rivals Parkview Social.

Victoria beat the weather to call in six; WIRRAL SUNDAY LEAGUE

Stott Cup (Kick-off 2.30 pm):B Arrowe Park 2 Peggy Gadflies 3; B The Exmouth 1Vanser Res.