Transactions with creditors - Solvent firms - The rules strategy: Legal capital

5 important questions on Transactions with creditors - Solvent firms - The rules strategy: Legal capital

How do rules of "legal capital" provide protection for creditors in a standardized form? TQ


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1. Prescribing a minimum initial investment of equity capital

2. Restrictions on payments out to shareholders

3. Triggering actions that must be taken following serious depletion of capital


- Most functional when creditors are homogenous and can coordinate relatively easily

What kind of transactions are seen as related-party transactions?

Related party transactions: any transactions in which related parties may appropriate value belonging to the corporation.
- Fall under the broader category of tunnelling = misappropriation of value

Which jurisdictions impose minimum capital rules?

Only the European jurisdictions for public corporations
€25.000 for public corporations
€45.000 in the Netherlands plus each share must be paid up to 20%

- All jurisdictions permit private companies with no minimum capital at all
- Gets lesser with the rise of entrepreneurs
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What happens in case of a serious loss in capital in Europe compared to the US?

In Europe, there are rules that must be taken following a serious loss of capital.

- Public companies have to call shareholders' meetings to consider dissolution or other appropriate measures

Stronger rules in some jurisdictions: obtain fresh equity or stop trading

What is considered a serious loss of capital?

Net assets falling below half the company's legal capital

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