A central register containing details of a company's share ownership. Shareholders and the public usually have a legal right to inspect a company's share register, which is usually kept by a bank or institution which acts as the official registrar. Investors are rightly suspicious of jurisdictions which do not insist on accurate and easil [..]

Electronic record listing the names of holders of registered shares. The depositary banks communicate any transfers electronically, and are solely responsible for ensuring the entries in the register are correct. Only shareholders, whose shares are listed in the share register on a specific date, are entitled to exercise voting rights at the Annual [..]

A list of active owners of a company’s shares.