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Back to Basics Companies Act Series - Session 4: Being a Shareholder and Shares - Rights, obligations and responsibilities

This webinar on demand is part of a series of webinars. Click here to read more

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Learning objectives

By the end of this event the participant should:

• Understand the capitalisation of a company;
• Know the different types of shares and other securities;
• Understand the authorisation of shares, buy backs and distributions;
• Understand financial assistance available to companies; and
• Understand shareholders' rights, obligations and responsibilities.

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Content

The webinar will cover the following topics:

• Capitalisation of a company:
  • Types of shares.
  • Authorisation of shares.
  • Securities other than shares.
  • Share buy backs and distributions.
  • Financial assistance.
• Shareholders' rights, obligations and responsibilities wrt:
  •  Meetings.
  •  Resolutions.
  •  Proxies.
  •  Dispute resolution options.
  •  Relationship with directors.