shareholders' agreement

noun

An agreement between the shareholders of a company that supplements the constitutional documents and typically covers such issues as dividend policy, rights of shareholders when one or more of them want to sell their shares, representation in the board etc.

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Meanings

nounshareholders' agreement (plural shareholders' agreements)

plural shareholders' agreements

  1. businessAn agreement between the shareholders of a company that supplements the constitutional documents and typically covers such issues as dividend policy, rights of shareholders when one or more of them want to sell their shares, representation in the board etc.

Translations

Finnish osakassopimus
  • osakassopimusagreement between shareholders
French pacte d'actionnaires
  • pacte d'actionnairesagreement between shareholders
Spanish pacto parasocial, pacto de sindicación
  • pacto parasocialagreement between shareholders
  • pacto de sindicaciónagreement between shareholders
  • pacto reservadoagreement between shareholders
Swedish aktieägaravtal
  • aktieägaravtalagreement between shareholders
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