shareholder

Defined in Article 2, Transparency Directive

Definitions over time (1)

1. 20/03/2008 – today applies on 08/11/2026 Article 2, Transparency Directive Scope: Whole act

   For the purposes of this Directive the following definitions shall apply:

   ‘shareholder’ means any natural person or legal entity governed by private or public law, who holds, directly or indirectly: shares of the issuer in its own name and on its own account; shares of the issuer in its own name, but on behalf of another natural person or legal entity; depository receipts, in which case the holder of the depository receipt shall be considered as the shareholder of the underlying shares represented by the depository receipts;

Used in (35 places in 11 provisions on 08/11/2026)

Transparency Directive (35 in 11)

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