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- Corporate law in The Netherlands 14 December 2022 4 min
Exit by a shareholder
Recently the Gelderland Court determined that a shareholder is permitted to exit. The other shareholder will be obliged to take over the shares. The purchase price will be…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 15 September 2022 3 min
Expulsion of a 50% shareholder in summary proceedings
…proceedings a claim for expulsion on the grounds that the 50% shareholder did not sufficiently consider the interests of the company, a childcare centre. A drastic measure, which…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 20 March 2019 4 min
Is the director of a liquidated Dutch limited company liable for shareholders’ losses?
…creditors are frequently left with compensation claims. Shareholders, too, suffer losses as a result of liquidation. Examples include the depreciation of shares and investments…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 27 July 2018 4 min
Dutch Supreme Court: no stretching of shareholder’s right to place items on agenda
…concerned the question whether Boskalis, the majority shareholder of Fugro N.V., should go to court to enforce the right to place an item on the agenda. Boskalis wanted to put this…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 11 June 2018 3 min
Can Ahold Delhaize deprive its shareholders of their rights to express an opinion on protective structures?
…was recently revealed that Ahold Delhaize deprived its shareholders of their rights to express an opinion on the protective […]
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 30 May 2018 3 min
Shareholders’ quarrels, what can the Netherlands Enterprise Court do?
…Netherlands, the proceedings to force a breakthrough between shareholders are called inquiry proceedings. Is there any reason for the Dutch Enterprise Court to intervene? Moreover,…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 17 January 2018 4 min
Can Dutch casting agency Kemna Casting get rid of shareholder Job Gosschalk?
…misconduct. Kemna Casting even wants to end Gosschalk’s shareholdership. The question is whether Gosschalk can be forced to do so. AMS Lawyer Onno Hennis, having looked into the…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 15 July 2017 4 min
One shareholder excludes the other, what can you do?
…explained that in preliminary relief proceedings one shareholder can claim from the other shareholder that the latter has to sell his shares. Not every conflict between…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 22 November 2016 3 min
Substitute authorization for shareholders’ meeting
In the Netherlands, a shareholder can exert influence on the board in different ways. A shareholder now has the (relatively new) option to convene a shareholders’ meeting through…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 17 November 2016 4 min
Resolving a deadlock between shareholders
Many companies have only two shareholders who each hold 50% of the shares. In most cases these shareholders are also director. When the shareholders have a conflict (about the…