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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Minority Shareholders"”.
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Legal framework for promoting minority shareholders' protection in Thailand
… crisis the legal framework for protecting minority shareholders in Thai listed companies has been strengthened. International and Western legal principles have been adopted to improve its efficiency and effectiveness. the main purpose has been to grow investment. The research questions …
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Understanding Minority Shareholders Protections in Relation to Mandatory Bids Rule: A Comparative Study Between Kuwait law and U.S Law
… canvasses the regulation of protecting minority shareholders in the sale control transaction under Kuwaiti law that aims to answer fundamental questions. Does the mandatory bid rule ensure adequate protection to minority shareholders? Is the board neutrality rule a proper rule in the …
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The protection of minority shareholders in South Africa: a reflection on the derivative action, appraisal rights and oppression remedy
… restrictive approach to the issue of protecting minority shareholders. A comparative analysis will be conducted to evaluate how South African company law has dealt with the issue of the protection of minority shareholders. This thesis will therefore compare and contrast South African and …
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Minority shareholders in close corporations : ways and limits of protection in their dilemma of no control and no ready market
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1976
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The triangular merger structures: the use of the forward and reverse triangular merger structures to circumvent the voting and appraisal rights of minority shareholders and potential shareholder remedies
… appraisal rights of a holding company’s shareholders. This is because, by incorporating and making use of a wholly owned subsidiary company to effect the proposed transaction, the holding company is deemed not to be a party to the amalgamation or merger agreement; even though the …
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Compulsory acquisition of minority shareholding : a critical analysis
… acquisition refers to situations where the minority shareholders are compelled to dispose of their shares. In certain instances the minority shareholders can compel the majority to acquire their shares by an enforced acquisition. The compulsory aspect is thus the unilateral and coercive …
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Exploring The Concept of Unfairly Prejudicial Conduct as A Minority Shareholder Remedy Under the South African Company Law
… of directors, and in some cases by the majority shareholders. It is a well-known principle that when one intends to be a shareholder in a company, he/she agrees to be bound by the decisions of the board or the majority of the members. In the corporate world, the directors of a company are faced …
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To what extent does the Libyan shareholder protection regime offer equivalent protection to that found in similar selected corporate law systems?
… to lead to unfair results either for the minority shareholders or for the company itself, hence, it is the task of the legislature to provide minority shareholders with a matrix of rules that seek to protect them from misguided managerial behaviour. In that regard, this thesis set out to …
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Shareholder appraisal rights in Swaziland - suggestions for legislative reform
… conducted based on the votes of the majority of shareholders in that company. In certain instances however, the majority might take decisions that are detrimental to the minority shareholders of the company and therefore it is imperative that any company legislation has significant protective …
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The influence of institutional investors on firm value
… Some studies show that companies that allow minority shareholders to have more control are likely to create greater shareholder value than those firms with concentrated control, while other studies suggest that the impact of having democratic governance is either negligible or even negative. …
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Earnings management, agency costs and corporate governance : evidence from Egypt
… likely to lie mainly between controlling and minority shareholders rather than between managers and outside shareholders. Such conflicts, combined with the weak legal protection of minority shareholders and the flexibility inherent in accounting choices, are likely to induce managers to …
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Corporate Governance and Corporate Control: Evidence from Trading
… constrains large blockholders from expropriating minority shareholders. Moreover, I find an inversely U-shaped relationship between changes in the largest blockholders' ownership and firm value. As large blockholders' ownership and control increase, the negative effect of firm value driven by …
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Understanding Controlling Shareholder Regimes
… Controlling Shareholder Regime: Why Controlling Shareholders and Minority Shareholders Embrace Each Other, I proposed theories to explain why controlling shareholders and minority shareholders "voluntarily" embrace each other in an emerging capital market while the legal system in that …
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Two Essays On Cross-Country Differences In Corporate Dividend Policies
… insiders balance their dividend policies between minority shareholders' and creditors' interests to minimize the agency costs of equity and debt. We model this behavior and find strong evidence consistent with the predictions of our model. The dissertation contributes to people's understanding of …
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A comparative analysis of shareholders' appraisal rights in Nigeria and South Africa
… there is a statutory framework based on which shareholders can seek appraisal in relation to their shares at any point in time. This is significant in that the corporate statutes in both South Africa and Nigeria provide for similar mechanisms for the protection of minority shareholders in …
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Essays on the structural estimation and analysis of corporate and industrial markets
… power and facilitating the representation of minority shareholders, but these laws are less restrictive for the choice of firms in concentrated industries. All firms dislike well functioning courts, consistent with a litigation deterrence motive. The recovered firm preferences are then taken …
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Towards Good Corporate Governance in South Africa: Private Enforcement versus Public Enforcement
… to acquire shares and greater protection of minority shareholders in respect of takeovers .The Act came into effect on 14 December 2007. Secondly, the new Companies Act will repeal and replace the entire Companies Act No 61 of 1973, when it becomes operational.
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The litigation between Greenhalgh and the Mallard family, [1941-1950]: and its influence on company law in England, Australia and South Africa
… 1941 Mr Greenhalgh issued a writ against his co-shareholders in the Arderne Cinema Company, and thus began a series of cases which ended with a Court of Appeal Judgment handed down on,10 November 1950. During the almost ten-year period of the litigation, seven actions were brought by Mr …
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