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The Companies Act 1965, in its current form (15 August 2007), consists of 12 Parts containing 374 sections and 10 schedules (including 36 amendments).
Shareholder oppression occurs when the majority shareholders in a corporation take action that unfairly prejudices the minority. It most commonly occurs in non-publicly traded companies, because the lack of a public market for shares leaves minority shareholders particularly vulnerable, since minority shareholders cannot escape mistreatment by selling their stock and exiting the corporation. [1]
Birch v Cropper (1889) 14 App Cas 525 is a UK company law case concerning shares.It illustrates the principle of exhaustion, that the rights attached to a share in an article would be presumed exhaustive, although one should construe the nature of a share with a starting presumption of equality.
Appraisal rights, also called dissent rights or buy-out rights, among other variants, [1] [2] are the rights of shareholders to receive a court-supervised valuation of their shares when certain major changes, such as an acquisition of the company, are contemplated. Shareholders who do not support the transaction are entitled to receive the ...
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Because tag-along rights are rights and not obligations, minority shareholders may or may not choose to exercise them. This allows minority shareholders to have a choice in the event of a majority of the equity changing hands. They can elect to either remain an owner of the company or invoke the tag-along rights and participate in the sale. [1]
In addition, shareholders' agreements will often make provision for the following: the nature and amount of initial contribution (whether capital contribution or other) to the company; the proposed nature of the business; how any future capital contributions or financing arrangements are to be made; the governing law of the shareholders ...
Shareholders cannot initiate changes in the corporate charter although they can initiate changes to the corporate bylaws. [45] It is sometimes colloquially stated that in the US and the UK that "the shareholders own the company." This is, however, a misconception as argued by Eccles and Youmans (2015) and Kay (2015). [46]