Shareholders' Rights and Obligations: A Global Guide

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 compan...