Stockholder of Record
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Stockholder of record is the name of an individual
or entity
that an issuer carries in its records as the registered holder (not necessarily the beneficial owner
) of the issuer's securities. Dividends and other distributions are paid only to shareholders of record. Stockholder of record may be also called shareholder of record or holder of record or owner of record.
Individual
An individual is a person or any specific object or thing in a collection. Individuality is the state or quality of being an individual; a person separate from other persons and possessing his or her own needs, goals, and desires. Being self expressive...
or entity
Entity
An entity is something that has a distinct, separate existence, although it need not be a material existence. In particular, abstractions and legal fictions are usually regarded as entities. In general, there is also no presumption that an entity is animate.An entity could be viewed as a set...
that an issuer carries in its records as the registered holder (not necessarily the beneficial owner
Beneficial owner
Beneficial owner is a legal term where specific property rights in equity belong to a person even though legal title of the property belongs to another person. Black's Law Dictionary...
) of the issuer's securities. Dividends and other distributions are paid only to shareholders of record. Stockholder of record may be also called shareholder of record or holder of record or owner of record.