Shareholders in the United Kingdom

Shareholders in the United Kingdom are people and organisations who buy shares in UK companies.

UK shareholders have the most favourable set of rights in the world in their ability to control directors of corporations.

[3] By comparison, in Germany,[4] and in most American companies (predominantly incorporated in Delaware) directors can only be removed for a "good reason".

Categories of important decisions, such as large asset sales,[9] approval of mergers, takeovers, winding up of the company, any expenditure on political donations,[10] and share buybacks.

Historically institutions have often not voted or participated in general meetings on their beneficiaries' behalf, and often display an uncritical pattern of supporting management.

However, institutional investors also often work "behind the scenes" to secure better corporate governance for their members, through informal but direct communication with management.