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Shareholder letter

Also called: investor letter

ELI5

A company letter explaining results and direction to owners.

Used in conversation

“The shareholder letter should explain the difficult year plainly.”

Definition

A letter from company leadership to shareholders explaining performance, context and priorities.

Here “Shareholder letter” means: A letter from company leadership to shareholders explaining performance, context and priorities.

Pitch context

You will see “Shareholder letter” in business pitches, proposals, executive summaries and decision decks when the discussion reaches supporting documents & leave-behinds.

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Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.