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Golden Power and Anti-Takeover Corporate Mechanisms 黄金权力与反收购公司机制
IF 0.6 Q1 LAW Pub Date : 2023-02-24 DOI: 10.1515/ecfr-2022-0019
Francesca Prenestini
591 The golden power regime allows the Italian government – as a last resort, if facing a threat to national interests – to oppose the acquisition of control of companies operating in strategic sectors. This article analyses the relationship between golden power and anti-takeover mechanisms provided for by Italian law, with particular focus on anti-takeover defensive techniques and increased voting rights. The study aims to identify methods of interference and overlaps between external and internal defence tools so as to understand if, when, and under which limits internal corporate defence mechanisms can represent a valid (and desirable) alternative to the use of golden power in precluding the acquisition of corporate control. The analysis shows that where the acquisition of control is more contentious, all available defence tools potentially come into play and the difference in purpose between the diverse regimes justifies the usefulness of golden power.592
591 .黄金权力制度允许意大利政府——如果国家利益受到威胁,作为最后手段——反对收购在战略部门经营的公司的控制权。本文分析了黄金权力与意大利法律规定的反收购机制之间的关系,特别关注反收购防御技术和增加的投票权。本研究旨在确定外部和内部防御工具之间的干扰和重叠的方法,以便了解内部公司防御机制是否,何时以及在何种限制下可以代表使用黄金权力来排除公司控制权的有效(和理想)替代方案。分析表明,在获得控制权的争议更大的地方,所有可用的防御工具都可能发挥作用,而不同政权之间目的的差异证明了黄金权力的有用性
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16th ECFR-Symposium Discussion Report: Panel on Supply Chain Due Diligence ECFR第16届研讨会讨论报告:供应链尽职调查小组
IF 0.6 Q1 LAW Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.1515/ecfr-2023-0006
Ralf Knaier
Abstract 240The last part of the afternoon session of the 16th annual ECFR Symposium in Leuven focused on a Panel on Supply Chain Due Diligence with Pierre-Henri Conac, Eva-Maria Kieninger and Harm-Jan de Kluiver. The discussion initially took place among the panel members themselves. Subsequently, further comments and questions were contributed by the audience.
摘要240在鲁汶举行的第16届ECFR年度研讨会下午的最后一部分重点讨论了与Pierre Henri Conac、Eva Maria Kieninger和Harm Jan de Kluiver的供应链尽职调查小组。讨论最初是在小组成员之间进行的。随后,听众提出了进一步的意见和问题。
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Improving the Gender Balance Among Directors of Listed Companies in the EU 改善欧盟上市公司董事的性别平衡
IF 0.6 Q1 LAW Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.1515/ecfr-2023-0002
Hanne Søndergaard Birkmose
Abstract 166In November 2022 the Council and the European Parliament adopted Directive (EU) 2022/2381 on improving the gender balance among directors of listed companies and related measures. Thus, by 30 June 2026, European Member States must ensure that large, listed companies reach the Directive’s gender balance objectives. Gender balance is achieved when members of the underrepresented sex hold at least 40% of non-executive director positions or members of the underrepresented sex hold at least 33% of all director positions, including both executive and non-executive directors. To achieve gender balance Member States must set up a procedure for selecting candidates for appointment or election to director positions. Although the article finds that quotas are the best model to bring about a real improve to gender balance on company boards, it questions whether the model, the Commission has chosen will achieve the objective of the Directive. However, the article also finds that it is likely to have a positive effect in the Member States that has been lagging behind. Moreover, the article criticizes that the Directive does not openly address the company law implications of the established procedure, and finds that the application of principles of equal treatment in top-management positions place the Directive in an unclear position between employment matters and company law.167
摘要1662022年11月,理事会和欧洲议会通过了关于改善上市公司董事性别平衡的第2022/2381号指令和相关措施。因此,到2026年6月30日,欧洲成员国必须确保大型上市公司达到该指令的性别平衡目标。当代表性不足的性别成员担任至少40%的非执行董事职位,或代表性不足性别成员担任包括执行董事和非执行董事在内的至少33%的所有董事职位时,即可实现性别平衡。为了实现性别平衡,会员国必须制定一个程序来选择任命或选举主任职位的候选人。尽管该文章认为配额是真正改善公司董事会性别平衡的最佳模式,但它质疑委员会选择的模式是否能实现该指令的目标。然而,该条款还发现,它可能会对一直落后的会员国产生积极影响。此外,文章批评该指令没有公开处理既定程序对公司法的影响,并认为在最高管理职位上应用平等待遇原则使该指令在就业问题和公司法之间处于不明确的地位。167
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Towards a Framework for Effective Regulatory Supervision of Sustainability Governance in Accordance with the EU CSDD Directive. A Comparative Study 根据欧盟CSDD指令建立可持续治理的有效监管框架。比较研究
IF 0.6 Q1 LAW Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.1515/ecfr-2023-0010
H. J. de Kluiver
Abstract 203This article emphasizes that the wave of regulation focusing on sustainability, like the CSDDD, is fundamentally different in scope and character from traditional rulemaking. Given the wide-ranging objectives of the CSDDD and its open norms, companies and supervisory authorities will need to cooperate and have open and fair discussions to develop alternative instruments and best practices taking account of what can be reasonably required from companies in addressing complex issues in an even more complex world also in terms of feasibility and resources. This is fully in line with the CSDDD which explicitly recognizes that companies will have to balance diverging interests, and – as set out in Articles 6-8 CSDDD – will inevitably need to make choices and prioritize actions. Where traditionally regulatory supervisors focus on strict compliance, the CSDDD marks a fundamental change to process rules and goals to be achieved and therefore calls for a fundamentally different approach and oversight strategy by supervisory authorities. It is also demonstrated that extending liability rules for companies is not an effective policy instrument. This article compares developments in the UK, France, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands, and by identifying the lessons learned, concludes that a strategy as set out above seems best fit to realise the ambitious goals set by the CSDDD. Therewith a paradigm shift is in the making. Governments and regulatory supervisors would misinterpret the signs of the times if, in promoting the purposes of the CSDDD, they were to cling to traditional ideas of how supervisors should operate.204
摘要203本文强调,与CSDDD一样,关注可持续性的监管浪潮在范围和特征上与传统规则制定有根本不同。鉴于CSDDD的广泛目标及其公开规范,公司和监管机构将需要合作,进行公开和公平的讨论,以制定替代工具和最佳实践,同时考虑到公司在更复杂的世界中解决复杂问题时在可行性和资源方面的合理要求。这完全符合CSDDD,CSDDD明确承认公司必须平衡不同的利益,并且——如CSDDD第6-8条所述——将不可避免地需要做出选择并优先采取行动。传统上,监管监管机构注重严格合规,CSDDD标志着流程规则和目标的根本改变,因此要求监管机构采取根本不同的方法和监督策略。研究还表明,扩大公司责任规则并不是一种有效的政策工具。本文比较了英国、法国、德国、挪威和荷兰的发展情况,并通过总结经验教训得出结论,上述战略似乎最适合实现CSDDD设定的雄心勃勃的目标。随之而来的是一种范式的转变。如果政府和监管监管机构在宣传CSDDD的目的时坚持监管机构应该如何运作的传统观念,他们就会误解时代的标志。204
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An Introduction to and Evaluation of the 2019 Belgian Companies Act – Preparing for the Previous War? 2019年《比利时公司法》的介绍和评估——为上一次战争做准备?
IF 0.6 Q1 LAW Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.1515/ecfr-2023-0011
H. De Wulf
Abstract 109This article discusses some aspects of the completely new Companies Act (“BCCA”) adopted in Belgium in 2019. Even though the reform touched upon all aspects of company law and all company types, its main goal was to roll back Belgian goldplating of EU company law Directives and to turn the hitherto very rigid Belgian private company into a very flexible, contractual vehicle with little mandatory law applicable to it, except for rules on creditor protection. As part of this reform, the concept of legal capital (not just minimum capital requirements) was abolished for the private company. In order to allow a Belgian company to better compete in the light vehicle competition, Belgium moved from the real seat doctrine to the incorporation theory. For public companies, the main reform was probably the introduction of loyalty shares, which (so far) did not succeed in attracting more listings to the Brussels stock market, but did allow existing controlling shareholders to cement their control with a smaller stake than before. The reform was very successful in increasing legal certainty about many issues about which no authoritative case law exists. But in a way, the reform fought the last war (the light vehicle competition) while arguably not enough attention was paid to enabling venture capital and private equity contracting and the capital structures that go with these investments.110
摘要109本文讨论了比利时2019年通过的全新《公司法》(“BCCA”)的一些方面。尽管改革涉及公司法的各个方面和所有公司类型,但其主要目标是撤销比利时对欧盟公司法指令的镀金,并将迄今为止非常僵化的比利时私营公司转变为一个非常灵活的合同载体,除债权人保护规则外,几乎没有强制性法律适用于它。作为这项改革的一部分,私营公司取消了法定资本的概念(而不仅仅是最低资本要求)。为了让比利时公司更好地在轻型汽车竞争中竞争,比利时从真正的座位理论转向了合并理论。对于上市公司来说,主要的改革可能是引入忠诚股,这(到目前为止)并没有成功吸引更多的上市公司进入布鲁塞尔股市,但确实允许现有控股股东以比以前更少的股份巩固他们的控制权。改革非常成功地提高了许多没有权威判例法的问题的法律确定性。但在某种程度上,改革打了最后一场战争(轻型汽车竞争),同时可以说没有足够关注促成风险投资和私募股权合同以及与这些投资相关的资本结构。110
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The Belgian Private Limited Without Capital: How is it Faring? 没有资本的比利时私人有限公司:进展如何?
IF 0.6 Q1 LAW Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.1515/ecfr-2023-0001
Henri Culot
Abstract 1The new Belgian Code of Companies and Associations, enacted in 2019, abolished the use of capital in the limited liability company. This important reform led to various changes in the rules applicable to this type of company, although several aspects of the previous regime generally associated with the concept of capital still remain in place. This article briefly describes the changes made in 2019 (2.) but also recalls the rules that have not been substantially modified (3.). It then brings together some observations on the economic players’ behaviour after almost four years of practice under the new rules (4.).2
摘要1 2019年颁布的新《比利时公司和协会法》废除了有限责任公司的资本使用。这一重要改革导致适用于这类公司的规则发生了各种变化,尽管以前制度的几个方面通常与资本概念有关,但仍然存在。本文简要描述了2019年的变化(2.),但也回顾了尚未进行实质性修改的规则(3.)。然后,在新规则下实践了近四年后,对经济参与者的行为进行了一些观察(4.)。2
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Symposium Discussion Report: Classes of Shares, Social Entrepreneurship and Overall Belgian Company Law Reform 研讨会讨论报告:股份类别、社会创业与比利时公司法整体改革
IF 0.6 Q1 LAW Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.1515/ecfr-2023-0007
Ellen Schiepers
Abstract 162During the second morning session three topics were highlighted. Like in the first session they all concerned Belgian law but were also of interest to the European academic community. Marieke Wyckaert discussed classes of shares, Sofie Cools addressed corporate law for social entrepreneurship and finally Hans De Wulf made an overall assessment of the Belgian company law reform.
摘要162在上午的第二次会议上,重点讨论了三个专题。与第一届会议一样,他们都关注比利时法律,但也引起了欧洲学术界的兴趣。Marieke Wyckaert讨论了股票类别,Sofie Cools讨论了社会创业的公司法,最后Hans De Wulf对比利时公司法改革进行了全面评估。
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Classes of Shares in the Belgian Private and Public Limited Liability Company: A Search for a Reasonable Balance Between Collective and Invidiual Interests 比利时公私有限责任公司的股权分类:寻求集体与个人利益之间的合理平衡
IF 0.6 Q1 LAW Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.1515/ecfr-2023-0008
Marieke Wyckaert
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16th ECFR-Symposium Discussion Report: EU Listing Act and Gender Quota in the Board 第16届ecfr -专题讨论会讨论报告:欧盟上市法和董事会性别配额
IF 0.6 Q1 LAW Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.1515/ecfr-2023-0009
Ralf Knaier
Abstract 199The first part of the afternoon session of the 16th annual ECFR Symposium in Leuven focused on current topics of European Company and Financial Law. The discussion following the presentations by Rüdiger Veil and Marc Wiesner as well as Hanne Søndergaard Birkmose dealt mainly with questions of ad hoc publicity and insider trading with regard to the EU Listing Act as well as details on the design of a gender quota in boards.
1995年在鲁汶举行的第16届欧洲公司法年度研讨会下午的第一部分集中讨论了欧洲公司法和金融法的当前主题。在Rüdiger Veil和Marc Wiesner以及Hanne Søndergaard Birkmose的发言之后,讨论主要涉及《欧盟上市法》的临时宣传和内幕交易问题,以及董事会性别配额设计的细节。
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Loyalty Voting Rights in Belgium: Nothing More than a Control-Enhancing Mechanism? 比利时的忠诚投票权:无非是一种加强控制的机制?
IF 0.6 Q1 LAW Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.1515/ecfr-2023-0004
Steven Declercq, Jeroen Delvoie, Theo Monnens, Tom Vos
Abstract 27In 2019, Belgium joined the European trend and allowed listed companies to adopt loyalty voting rights, i.e. double voting rights for shareholders who have held their shares for more than two years. The stated goals were to combat short-termism by rewarding long-term shareholders and to encourage IPOs by allowing founders to retain control over the corporation with a smaller participation. Our paper analyzes these rationales from a conceptual perspective, describes the Belgian legal framework for loyalty voting rights, and presents novel empirical evidence on the use of loyalty voting rights in Belgium. We argue that the Belgian legal framework is designed to favour controlling shareholders and other insiders. In addition, our empirical data supports the view that loyalty voting rights mainly function as a control-enhancing mechanism, as loyalty voting rights are almost exclusively used by insiders. This is not necessarily a problem, in our view, as controlling shareholders may be able to help combat the short-termism problem where it would exist. However, loyalty voting rights also increase the incentives for insiders to extract private benefits of control by creating a wedge between cash flow rights and voting rights. We find that this wedge in our Belgian sample has been on average 11 percentage points. In addition, our evidence finds that the votes of insiders were often sufficient to adopt loyalty voting rights, and that non-insiders on average vote against loyalty voting rights. This highlights the risk of making it too easy to introduce loyalty voting rights in the midstream. The arguments for allowing loyalty voting rights are the strongest when they are introduced at the IPO stage, but so far, none of the Belgian corporations with loyalty voting rights have introduced them at the IPO. We conclude that loyalty voting rights are nothing more than a control enhancing mechanism. This raises the questions: why not allow other types of control enhancing mechanisms, such as dual class share structures? And why not treat the midstream introduction of loyalty voting rights with a similar level of protection as the midstream introduction of dual class share structures? We fail to see the policy reasons for this wide divergence.28
摘要272019年,比利时加入了欧洲潮流,允许上市公司采用忠诚投票权,即持有股票两年以上的股东享有双重投票权。声明的目标是通过奖励长期股东来打击短期主义,并通过允许创始人以较小的参与度保留对公司的控制权来鼓励首次公开募股。本文从概念的角度分析了这些理由,描述了比利时关于忠诚投票权的法律框架,并就比利时使用忠诚投票权提供了新的经验证据。我们认为,比利时的法律框架旨在有利于控股股东和其他内部人士。此外,我们的实证数据支持这样一种观点,即忠诚投票权主要作为一种控制增强机制,因为忠诚投票权几乎只由内部人士使用。在我们看来,这不一定是一个问题,因为控股股东可能能够帮助解决短期主义问题。然而,忠诚投票权也通过在现金流权和投票权之间制造隔阂,增加了内部人士从控制权中获取私人利益的动机。我们发现,比利时样本中的这一楔形平均为11个百分点。此外,我们的证据发现,内部人士的投票通常足以采用忠诚投票权,而非内部人士平均投票反对忠诚投票权。这凸显了在中期引入忠诚投票权过于容易的风险。在首次公开募股阶段引入忠诚投票权时,允许忠诚投票权的论点最为强烈,但到目前为止,没有一家拥有忠诚投票权在首次公开发行时引入忠诚投票。我们得出的结论是,忠诚投票权只不过是一种加强控制的机制。这就提出了一个问题:为什么不允许其他类型的控制增强机制,比如双重类别的股份结构?为什么不把忠诚投票权的中期引入与双重股权结构的中期引入同等程度的保护呢?我们看不出造成这种巨大分歧的政策原因。28
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