shareholder of record

noun [C] (plural shareholders of record) (also stockholder of record, holder of record) FINANCE, STOCK MARKET

Definition

› a person, company, or organization that is named in a company's register (= official list) of shareholders as an owner of shares in the company: The increased dividend is payable July 14 to shareholders of record on June 15. → Compare owner of record

(Definition of shareholder of record noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)