»Shareholder« is a holder of a security or a holder of a share and it refers to all partners, not only shareholders in companies limited by shares with State capital investments.

For the purpose of taxation applicable to transfers of activities, taxation applicable to exchanges of equity holdings, and taxation applicable to mergers and divisions subject to Articles 30 to 47 of this Act, the provisions relating to the transfers of securities representing a share in the capital shall also apply to the companies, such as limited liability companies, whose capital is not accounted for by securities.

invites the Shareholders designated by the Contracting Parties jointly establishing the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research in Europe GmbH, a private limited liability company (Gesellschqft mit beschränkter Hafiung - GmbH) under German law, in particular the German Law on Companies with Limited Liability (Gesetz betreffend die Gesellschaften mit beschränkter Haftung - GmbHG), to sign immediately the Articles of Association (Annex to the Convention);

(g) the companies in Irish law known as public companies limited by shares or by guarantee, private companies limited by shares or by guarantee, bodies registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts or building societies registered under the Building Societies Acts;

(2) It shall be assumed that by, virtue of the section above, capital inadequacy of a limited company has occurred if its loss for the current year and the losses brought forward amount to one half of the limited company's share capital.

Should the nominal amount through which a member participates in the share capital of the public limited company be lower than the holding stipulated on the basis of the first or second paragraphs hereunder, or should a member not participate in the share capital of the public limited company, the difference or the holding must be paid to the member by the public limited company.

(1) Should the general meeting of shareholders of an insurance public limited company decide that the insurance public limited company shall continue to operate, the insurance public limited company may only resume insurance business if the authorisation to perform insurance business is granted anew by the Insurance Supervision Agency.

(4) Should the nominal amount through which a member participates in the share capital of the public limited company exceed the holding stipulated on the basis of the first or second paragraphs hereunder, the amount in excess must be paid to the public limited company by the member.

Article 18 of this Act, be added to the voting rights enjoyed by other shareholders of the insurance public limited company in proportion to their participation in the share capital of the said insurance public limited company, so that the holder may only participate in the voting on the basis of shares other than those acquired in contravention of the first or second paragraphs of Article 18 of this Act.

(g) companies in Irish law known as public companies limited by shares or by guarantee, private companies limited by shares or by guarantee, bodies registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts or building societies registered under the Building Societies Acts;

The public offer of securities (as provided for under Article 18 of Law 216/74) other than shares, debt securities (including convertible debt securities) can only be made by Italian limited companies, foreign companies duly authorised, public bodies or companies belonging to local authorities whose assigned capital is not below ITL 2 billion.

Subject to Article 4(1) and (2), the capital of an SE, its maintenance and changes thereto, together with its shares, bonds and other similar securities shall be governed by the provisions which would apply to a public limited-liability company with a registered office in the Member State in which the SE is registered.

the public company limited by shares,

the public company limited by shares, the public company limited by guarantee and having a share capital;

public companies limited by shares or by guarantee, private companies limited by shares or by guarantee;

public companies limited by shares or by guarantee, private companies limited by shares or by guarantee.

PUBLIC COMPANIES LIMITED BY SHARES OR BY GUARANTEE , PRIVATE COMPANIES LIMITED BY SHARES OR BY GUARANTEE;

PUBLIC COMPANIES LIMITED BY SHARES OR BY GUARANTEE , PRIVATE COMPANIES LIMITED BY SHARES OR BY GUARANTEE.

public companies limited by shares, and public companies limited by guarantee having a share capital,

public companies limited by shares, and public companies limited by guarantee having a share capital.

the public company limited by guarantee and having a share capital.

the suspension of the voting rights attached to the shares in the public limited-liability company held by the other company, and

companies in Irish law known as public companies limited by shares or by guarantee, private companies limited by shares or by guarantee, bodies registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts or building societies registered under the Building Societies Acts;

the companies in Irish law known as public companies limited by shares or by guarantee, private companies limited by shares or by guarantee, bodies registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts or building societies registered under the Building Societies Acts;

Member States need not apply Article 20 (2) or (3) or Article 21 where shares in a public limited-liability company are acquired by another company on condition that they provide for:

Whereas a private limited-liability company may be a single-member company from the time of its formation, or may become one because its shares have come to be held by a single shareholder;

The subscription, acquisition or holding of shares in a public limited-liability company by another company within the meaning of Article 1 of Directive 68/151/EEC in which the public limited-liability company directly or indirectly holds a majority of the voting rights or on which it can directly or indirectly exercise a dominant influence shall be regarded as having been effected by the public limited-liability company itself;

However, where the public limited-liability company holds a majority of the voting rights indirectly or can exercise a dominant influence indirectly, Member States need not apply paragraph 1 if they provide for the suspension of the voting rights attached to the shares in the public limited-liability company held by the other company.

For each of the merging cooperatives the completion of the merger shall be made public as laid down by the law of the Member State concerned in accordance with the laws governing mergers of public companies limited by shares.

Whereas the co-ordination provided for in Article 54 (3) (g) and in the General Programme for the abolition of restrictions on freedom of establishment is a matter of urgency, especially in regard to companies limited by shares or otherwise having limited liability, since the activities of such companies often extend beyond the frontiers of national territories;

Member States need not apply paragraph 1 where shares in a public limited-liability company held by another company were acquired before the relationship between the two companies corresponded to the criteria laid down in paragraph 1.

As regards those undertakings mentioned under I-2 of the Nomenclature which have the status of companies limited by shares, there is participation in the nature of direct investment where the block of shares held by a natural person of another undertaking or any other holder enables the shareholder, either pursuant to the provisions of national laws relating to companies limited by shares or otherwise, to participate effectively in the management of the company or in its control.

Whereas in order to prevent a public limited-liability company from using another company in which it holds a majority of the voting rights or on which it can exercise a dominant influence to make such acquisitions without complying with the restrictions imposed in that respect, the arrangements governing a company's acquisition of its own shares should be extended to cover the most important and most frequent cases of the acquisition of shares by such other companies;

As regards trading in own shares in "buy-back" programmes, the rules provided for by this Regulation are without prejudice to the application of Council Directive 77/91/EEC on coordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the interests of members and others, are required by Member States of companies within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 58 of the Treaty, in respect of the formation of public limited liability companies and the maintenance and alteration of their capital, with a view to making such safeguards equivalent(3).

The public offer of securities (as provided for under 18 bis of Law 216/74), other than shares, debt securities (including convertible debt securities) can only be made by Italian limited companies, foreign companies duly authorized, public bodies or companies belonging to local authorities whose assigned capital is not below Lit 2 billion.