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  2. Drag-along right - Wikipedia

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    Drag-along right (DAR) is a concept in corporate law, often encountered in the context of venture capital and private equity. Under the concept, if the majority shareholder(s) of an entity sells their stake, the prospective owner(s) have the right to force the remaining minority shareholders to join the deal. However, the owner must usually ...

  3. Squeeze-out - Wikipedia

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    In Germany, a pool of shareholders owning at least 95% of a company's shares has the right to "squeeze out" the remaining minority of shareholders by paying them an adequate compensation. [9] This procedure is based on the Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (ger. Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetz, WpÜG).

  4. Minority interest - Wikipedia

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    In accounting, minority interest (or non-controlling interest) is the portion of a subsidiary corporation's stock that is not owned by the parent corporation. The magnitude of the minority interest in the subsidiary company is generally less than 50% of outstanding shares , or the corporation would generally cease to be a subsidiary of the parent.

  5. Tag-along right - Wikipedia

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    Consider an example: A and B are both shareholders in a company, with A being the majority shareholder and B the minority shareholder. C, a third party, offers to buy A's shares at an attractive price, and A accepts. In this situation, tag-along rights would allow B to also participate in the sale under the same terms and conditions as A.

  6. Shareholder oppression - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Appraisal rights - Wikipedia

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    The Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) and analogous provincial corporation statutes confer appraisal rights on minority shareholders when the following changes to the corporation are proposed: certain amendments to a company's articles of incorporation; an amalgamation, or merger; moving the corporation to another jurisdiction, which is called a "continuance"; selling all or almost all ...

  8. Appeals court scraps Nasdaq boardroom diversity rules in ...

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    The groups claimed the boardroom diversity rules violate civil rights laws and encourage racial and gender discrimination. The Nasdaq said it reviewed the court's decision and would not "seek ...

  9. Piggy-back (law) - Wikipedia

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    A "drag-along" will be observed where a majority shareholder will oblige minority shareholders to sell their shares at the same time to a third party; the latter are dragged in to the sale of shares of the former. [2] For example, say Abe owns 55% of Widgets Inc., and wants to sell his shares to Bill for $55. Chuck owns 2 shares of Widgets Inc.