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Author: Marcel Willems Publisher: ISBN: 9781911078227 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 779
Book Description
Shareholders are important stakeholders of companies. In recent times the position of shareholders has become more and more scrutinized, partly as a result of activist measures they have taken, sometimes resulting in the breaking up of large corporations. At the other hand of the spectrum we see minority shareholders being marginalised and even forced to transfer their shares.Questions that arise in these and similar situations are, amongst others: how can the management board of the company block what it deems destructive action by shareholders, but also: what can shareholders do in the event that the value of their shares decreases as a result of actions by management or third parties? As a result there are many relationships concerning companies in which shareholders play a role. The role of a shareholder may depend on the type of company, but also on the type of shareholder (activist vs. long term investor), the type of shares, and the articles of incorporation and shareholders agreements.This practical handbook provides an overview of these and other relevant legal issues concerning shareholders in some 25 of the most important business nations around the globe. It provides guidance to shareholders, directors, supervisory directors, general counsel and their attorneys to promote a better understanding of the rights, but also the obligations, of shareholders. Besides, this guide provides all those concerned with practical information on the relevant dispute resolution systems.
Author: Marcel Willems Publisher: ISBN: 9781911078227 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 779
Book Description
Shareholders are important stakeholders of companies. In recent times the position of shareholders has become more and more scrutinized, partly as a result of activist measures they have taken, sometimes resulting in the breaking up of large corporations. At the other hand of the spectrum we see minority shareholders being marginalised and even forced to transfer their shares.Questions that arise in these and similar situations are, amongst others: how can the management board of the company block what it deems destructive action by shareholders, but also: what can shareholders do in the event that the value of their shares decreases as a result of actions by management or third parties? As a result there are many relationships concerning companies in which shareholders play a role. The role of a shareholder may depend on the type of company, but also on the type of shareholder (activist vs. long term investor), the type of shares, and the articles of incorporation and shareholders agreements.This practical handbook provides an overview of these and other relevant legal issues concerning shareholders in some 25 of the most important business nations around the globe. It provides guidance to shareholders, directors, supervisory directors, general counsel and their attorneys to promote a better understanding of the rights, but also the obligations, of shareholders. Besides, this guide provides all those concerned with practical information on the relevant dispute resolution systems.
Author: Hanne S. Birkmose Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing ISBN: 1839101237 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 344
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This Commentary is the first comprehensive work to analyse the revised EU Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD II). SRD II sets a new agenda for engaged shareholders and sustainable companies in the EU, sparking a wider debate on the adoption of duties in company and capital markets law. By providing a systematic and thorough framework for analysis, this Commentary evaluates the purpose and aims of SRD II and further enriches the debate on the usefulness of the EU’s drive to encourage long-term shareholder engagement.
Author: Alessandro Varrenti Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell ISBN: 0956544088 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 519
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This first edition of 'Shareholders' Rights' provides essential reading for international corporate lawyers and general counsel.As European directives help develop and shape the harmonisation of the law and legal systems, access to the latest information on a country-by-country basis is a must for international practitioners.This comparative guide collates information from leading international corporate lawyers from each of the 29 jurisdictions covered, providing law firms and general counsel with an insight into the key issues that arise.
Author: Hanne S Birkmose Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing ISBN: 1788114876 Category : Languages : en Pages : 320
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A heavily debated topic, the evolution of shareholders’ duties risks the transformation of the very concept of shareholder primacy, crucially associated with shareholder rights. Offering a distinctive and comprehensive examination of both current and forthcoming enforcement mechanisms in the area of shareholder duties, this timely book provides an exhaustive analysis of the many issues related to these mechanisms, and considers the ongoing challenges surrounding their implementation.
Author: Seth C. Oranburg Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781793005953 Category : Languages : en Pages : 208
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Oranburg's Corporate Law Compendium: Stockholder Rights helps students learn the doctrine and practice of stockholder rights and their effectuation. It is designed to accompany graduate-level coursework in corporate law. This compendium has three modules corresponding with the primary stockholder rights: voting rights, suing management, and selling shares. Module One deals with corporate governance as it relates to stockholder voting rights. This includes the basics of stockholder voting, stockholder voting rights in fundamental transactions, stockholder rights to initiate corporate action, board responses to stockholder initiatives, stockholder information rights, and public stockholder activism. Module Two deals with the fiduciary duties that directors and officers owe to stockholders and stockholders' rights to sue to when these duties are breached. This includes director's substantive duties of care, oversight, and loyalty, and the procedural effectuation of those duties through stockholder direct and derivative litigation. These triumvirate duties make directors liable to the corporation or its stockholders when the board does not act with sufficient process, where it fail to set up compliance monitoring system, or where directors have a conflict of interest. While director liability is limited by the business judgment rule, exculpation, indemnification, and insurance, stockholders can sue or cause the corporation to sue directors for violation of these duties in direct or derivative actions.Module three deals with stock markets and the rights of stockholder to sell their shares. This includes a basic overview of securities regulations, securities markets, securities fraud, and insider trading. While this module is mainly about public stock markets, it also alludes to private stock transaction.This compendium assumes that students have developed a basic working knowledge of corporations through other coursework, such as the classes I teach on Corporations & Society and Corporations & Entrepreneurship. I recommend learning those basics before attempting to tackle the information in this class. Additionally, I recommend that students who want to round out their understanding of business associations should also learn about Agency & Authority and Piercing the Corporate Veil, which I also teach in other courses.Students who have masted the basics of corporations and understand stockholder rights as covered in this course will be prepared for advanced coursework in securities regulation, venture capital financial, mergers & acquisitions, corporate governance, business planning, and other related topics.I hope that this compendium helps you enjoy learning about corporate law!
Author: Bottomley, Stephen Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing ISBN: 1800373406 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 232
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Examining the role of shareholders in modern companies, this timely book argues that more should be expected of shareholders, both morally and legally. It explores the privileged position of shareholders within the corporate law system and the unique rights and duties awarded to them in contrast to other corporate actors. Introducing the concept of shareholders as responsible agents whose actions and inactions should be judged on that basis, Stephen Bottomley unites a number of distinct corporate governance discussions including stewardship, activism and shareholder liability.
Author: Samuel O. Idowu Publisher: Springer ISBN: 9783642280351 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 0
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The role of Corporate Social Responsibility in the business world has developed from a fig leaf marketing front into an important aspect of corporate behavior over the past several years. Sustainable strategies are valued, desired and deployed more and more by relevant players in many industries all over the world. Both research and corporate practice therefore see CSR as a guiding principle for business success. The “Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility” has been conceived to assist researchers and practitioners to align business and societal objectives. All actors in the field will find reliable and up to date definitions and explanations of the key terms of CSR in this authoritative and comprehensive reference work. Leading experts from the global CSR community have contributed to make the “Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility” the definitive resource for this field of research and practice.
Author: Marcel Willems
Author: Marcel Willems
Author: Hanne S. Birkmose
Author: Alessandro Varrenti
Author: Hanne S Birkmose
Author: Rabindran Thaver
Author: Robin Hollington
Author: Seth C. Oranburg
Author: Bottomley, Stephen
Author: Samuel O. Idowu
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