Reserved own share and financial instrument

Since April 1, 2020, began implementation of the Law on Amendments to the Companies Act (“Off. Herald of RS”, Nos. 91/2019) by which two new legal institutes for limited liability companies were introduced:

  • reserved own share and
  • financial instrument – right to acquire a share.

Reserved Own Share

A reserved own share of a company within the meaning of the Companies Act shall be considered a share that the company acquires from a member of the company without consideration, for the purpose of granting a financial instrument – right to acquire a share.

A reserved own share cannot be pledged, nor can a reserved own share be disposed of, except in the manner prescribed by law. Continue reading Reserved own share and financial instrument

Types and clases of stocks which issue company

The stocks issued by the company are issued in their dematerialized form and read in the name of a stockholder, and the provisions of those regulations governing the capital market are applied to the registration of the issue of stocks, their legal holders, transfer of stocks, transfer of rights deriving from stocks, limitation of rights deriving from stocks and entry of third party stock rights into Central Securities, Depositary and Clearing House (hereinafter: Central Registry). A stock is indivisible.

A resolution on the issue of stocks, i.e. other securities has to contain all their essential elements pursuant to the regulations governing the operation of the capital market. Issuing of stocks and other securities by public offering is done pursuant to Companies Act and the law governing the capital market.

It is considered that a stockholder in relation to a joint stock company and third parties is a person who is entered in the Central Registry as a legal holder of a stock, and the day of entering in the Central Registry is the day of acquiring the stock. Continue reading Types and clases of stocks which issue company