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VIPsight Newsletter March 2015

(DGAP-Media / 27.03.2015 / 12:37)

The German Mittelstand
German SMEs: no need to unify Capital Markets

Poor old Europe. Some 80 percent of investments in European SMEs are still
funded by banks while entrepreneurs seek a mere fifth of overall SME
capital requirements on capital markets. In the United States the situation
is the exact opposite, with 80 percent of companies resorting to capital
markets for the funding they need. EU Commission President, Jean-Claude
Juncker, intends to turn this situation round. Hopefully, European
companies will be attracted enough by the easier terms of the unified
framework of conditions to place shares, bonds or other financial
instruments on the capital market. In Brussels, the project has been k nown
for some time as "The Union of capital markets". Read more on vipsight.eu

Buhlmann's Corner
The nature of things - learning how to run always wearing new shoes

Companies begin to develop negative market worth and absorb it into the
fabric of their market capital when instead of attacking markets or
competitors the actions they pursue cause harm to their own shareholders.
Read more on vipsight.eu

VIPsight Spain
Katharina Miller: Making a fool of oneself?

As the Ibex 35 stockholders' general meetings during 2015 will soon begin
to be held, I would like to report on a number of curiosities that occur
among some of them.

One of the most important rights shareholders have is the right to
information. According to Article 197 Paragraph 2 of the Joint Stock
Companies Act (Ley de Sociedades de Capital), shareholders are entitled to
verbally request information or clarification during the general meeting,
if they consider their request sufficiently related to one of the agenda's
items. In most Spanish companies' general meetings shareholders are
required to identify before a notary, giving their full name, the number of
shares they hold and the shares they represent. Read more on vipsight.eu

VIPsight America - USA
Jeffrey M. Trinklein: U.S. Antitrust Agencies Signal Increased Requirements
for Merger Remedies

As the Ibex 35 stockholders' general meetings during 2015 will soon begin
to be held, I would like to report on a number of curiosities that occur
among some of them.

One of the most important rights shareholders have is the right to
information. According to Article 197 Paragraph 2 of the Joint Stock
Companies Act (Ley de Sociedades de Capital), shareholders are entitled to
verbally request information or clarification during the general meeting,
if they consider their request sufficiently related to one of the agenda's
items. In most Spanish companies' general meetings shareholders are
required to identify before a notary, giving their full name, the number of
shares they hold and the shares they represent. Read more on vipsight.eu


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