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closely held
close′ly held′
adj. (of a corporation) having its stock held by a few individuals. Compare closed corporation. Closely Held
Related to Closely Held: Closely held companyClosely HeldA phrase used to describe the ownership, management, and operation of a corporation by a small group of people. In a closely held corporation, the same people often act as shareholders, directors, and officers, and no outside investors exist. Closely held
Closely heldA corporation whose voting stock is owned by only a few shareholders.Closed CorporationA company in which a small group of shareholders controls the majority of the shares. These majority shareholders tend to hold on to the company's stock, and, for that reason, only minority shares are traded, leading to light trade volume. Closed corporations are, by their nature, resistant to hostile takeovers and proxy wars. They tend to be more stable than other companies because their share prices are not determined by (sometimes irrational) investment decisions, but by the value of the company itself. However, closed corporations do not have access to as much working capital as corporations with more shareholders. They are also called closely held companies.Closely held.A closely held corporation is one in which a handful of investors, often the people who founded the company, members of the founders' families, or sometimes the current management team, own a majority of the outstanding stock. ThesaurusSeeclosed corporation |