shareholder rebellion

noun [C] MANAGEMENT

Definition

› a situation in which a group of a company’s shareholders vote against particular decisions made by its directors: The giant retail company fended off a shareholder rebellion.

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

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