SCRUPLES VI A NASTY KNOCK VII THE SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING VIII

It was not for nothing the old ship-owner had fronted disappointed investors and forced his will on shareholders' meetings.

She said the shareholders' meeting would be soon and she expected you to give a bigger dividend; the Blue Funnel people had paid five per cent.

Do you expect to declare a better dividend at the shareholders' meeting?" "I do not.

If all the steamship directors who might have used the shareholders' money to better advantage were called to account, I imagine a number of respectable gentlemen would find their occupation gone.

CHAPTER VII THE SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING

The afternoon was dark and electric lights burned along the cornice of the room engaged for the shareholders' meeting.

He had beaten his antagonists at the shareholders' meeting, but doubted if he could do so again.

"I used the shareholders' money; at all events, I used as much as I durst.

The shareholders' ultimate control is based upon the fact that they bear the financial risks of the concern.

It is the profit of the shareholders that it is the directors' duty to promote with a single mind, and the whole capital of the concern, including its reserves both open and concealed, is the shareholders' exclusive property.

Concessions must indeed be made to the shareholders' rapacity: but when something has been done in this direction, dust can easily be thrown in their not very observant eyes.

The average attendance at the shareholders' monthly meetings is sixty or sixty-five.

Anyhow, there was some reckless buying by people who expected developments at the shareholders' meeting.