Across
- A statutory claim which can be made by any or all of the minority shareholders when a majority shareholder’s actions and/or decisions are negatively impacting the minority shareholder(s), without minority shareholder consent.
- The sale of shares in the company, where the purchasing party acquires the entirety of the company.
- A tax that must be paid upon the purchase of shares.
- A set of terms found in a shareholders’ agreement, which enable the minority shareholder(s) to join in with the majority shareholder selling their shares to a third party.
- An attempt to amicably resolve a dispute with the involvement of an independent third party.
- An agreement commonly used in the negotiation stages of selling, merging, or a joint venture to ensure that both parties’ intellectual property and business practices remain protected.
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- Legally binding promises that one party gives to another in a contract.
- Written agreement between partners setting out how they must interact, and how the partnership will operate.
- A document produced upon initial registration of the company, and sets out the regulations and rules for operation of the company as agreed by the shareholders.
- A legal statement by the initial shareholders that they wish to incorporate the company, and setting out the aims, objectives, and permissions for external dealings of the company.
- A certificate issued upon the initial granting of shares to an individual or entity who has obtained the shares.
- Any individual or entity holding shares that equate to less than 50% of the shares in a company.
- A legal entity set up for a specific and limited purpose, such as the purchase of shares in a company, or a joint venture.
- A company whose shares are owned solely by another company, rather than an individual or group of shareholders.
- if a director or shareholder is unable to attend a meeting, they may send someone in their place in order to express their views or action their vote. The individual must only represent the director or shareholder’s views, not their own.
- a form of Alternative Dispute Resolution which produces a binding resolution upon the parties.
- A party will have priority to purchase something, often shares in a company, before the item is offered on the open market or to a third party.
- The payments made to shareholders of a company out of the profits of the company, the frequency and percentage of which is determined by individual companies via a dividend policy.
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