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Unit 4: Company law: fundamental changes in a company

Unit 4: Company law: fundamental changes in a company


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constitutional amendment

Verfassungsänderung

a change in a company's name, capital or objects

consolidation

Fusion (neue Gesellschaft ensteht)

the combining of two companies to form an entirely mew company

acquisition

Anschaffung, Beschaffung

the act of getting land, power, money etc.

voluntary liquidation

Liquidation

liquidation proceedings that are supported by a company's shareholders

merger

Fusion (eine Gesellschaft geht in eine andere über)

the acquisition of one company by another, resulting the survival of one of them and dissolution of the other

involuntary bankruptcy (UK: compulsory winding-up)

Zwangsliquidation

the liquidation of a company after a petition to the court, usually by a creditor

merely

bloss, lediglich

used to emphasize how small or unimportant something or someone is [= only]:

He's merely a boy - you can't expect him to understand.

used to emphasize that nothing more than what you say is involved [= just]:

We're merely good friends.

He merely shrugged and walked away.

alteration

Änderung, Wechsel

a change, modification, adjustment

tender offer

Übernahmeangebot

a public offer to purchase stock of a corporation from its shareholders at a certain price within a stated time limit, often in an effort to win control of the company.

spin-off

Abspaltung einer Gesellschaft

a transfer of corporate assets to a subsidiary in return for a distribution to the shareholders of the corporation of all of the stock or controlling stock of the subsidiary without surrender of any stock by the shareholders of the corporation : a D reorganization involving a distribution of the stock of another company to the corporation's shareholders; also : a new company created by such a distribution

to convene sth

etwas einberufen

if a group of people convene, or someone convenes them, they come together, especially for a formal meeting:

to gather, call together, or summon, esp for a formal meeting

to order to appear before a court of law, judge, tribunal, etc

to endorse

etwas befürworten

1.

to approve, support, or sustain: to endorse a political candidate.

2.

to designate oneself as payee of (a check) by signing, usually on the reverse side of the instrument.

3.

to sign one's name on (a commercial document or other instrument).

4.

to make over (a stated amount) to another as payee by one's endorsement.

5.

to write (something) on the back of a document, paper, etc.: to endorse instructions; to endorse one's signature.

to oppose

etwas ablehnen

1.

to act against or provide resistance to; combat.

2.

to stand in the way of; hinder; obstruct.

3.

to set as an opponent or adversary.

4.

to be hostile or adverse to, as in opinion: to oppose a resolution in a debate.

5.

to set as an obstacle or hindrance.

to preside

den Vorsitz führen

1.

to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.

2.

to exercise management or control (usually followed by over): The lawyer presided over the estate.

tu summon sth

etwas berufen (veraltet)

1.

to call upon to do something specified.

2.

to call for the presence of, as by command, message, or signal; call.

3.

to call or notify to appear at a specified place, especially before a court: to summon a defendant.

4.

to authorize or order a gathering of; call together by authority, as for deliberation or action: to summon parliament.

5.

to call into action; rouse; call forth (often. followed by up): to summon all one's courage.

to table sth.

etwas einreichen

query

Anfrage

a question, an inquiry

stockholder (shareholder UK)

Aktionär

appraisal (iZhm assets transactions)

appraisal right

bewerten

persuasive

überzeugend

having the power or ability to persuade; tending to persuade: a persuasive salesman

able to make other people believe something or do what you ask:

hesitant

zögerlich, zögernd

reluctant

hence

daher, folglich

for this reason; following from this; therefore

in essence

im Wesentlichen

basically,

persuasive

überzeugend

convincing

able to make other people believe something or do what you ask:

mere

bloss, nur

simple

to dispose of sth.

etwas veräussern

[no object] (dispose of) get rid of by throwing away or giving or selling to someone else

preside at (a meeting)

eine Versammlung leiten

reduce

to make something smaller or less in size, amount, or price

compulsory

gesetzlich, zwingend

something that is compulsory must be done because it is the law or because someone in authority orders you to [= mandatory; ? voluntary]:

asset (noun)

the things that a company owns, that can be sold to pay debts

liabiltiy

Verpflichtung, Schlud, Haftbarkeit

legal responsibility for something, especially for paying money that is owed, or for damage or injury

liability for

hostile

ablehnend, feindlich

angry and deliberately unfriendly towards someone and ready to argue with them

oppose, to oppose sth

sich widersetzen, sich entgegenstellen

to disagree with something such as a plan or idea and try to prevent it from happening or succeeding:

purchase

Erwerb, Kauf

to buy something:

consolidation

Zusammenlegung, Fusion