Prelims

Anne Lafarre (Department of Business Law, Tilburg University, The Netherlands.)

The AGM in Europe

ISBN: 978-1-78743-534-6, eISBN: 978-1-78743-533-9

Publication date: 13 October 2017

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Lafarre, A. (2017), "Prelims", The AGM in Europe, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-xvi. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78743-533-920171018

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THE AGM IN EUROPE: THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SHAREHOLDER BEHAVIOUR

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THE AGM IN EUROPE: THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SHAREHOLDER BEHAVIOUR

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ANNE LAFARRE

Department of Business Law, Tilburg University, The Netherlands.

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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Acknowledgements

This book is based on a PhD research at the University of Tilburg, the Netherlands, which was defended on 29 June 2017 and was awarded with cum laude. I would like to thank my supervisor, professor Christoph Van der Elst, for his thoughtful feedback and critical view. In addition, I would like to thank the other members of the PhD committee, professor Joseph McCahery, professor Alessio Pacces, professor Mathias Siems, professor Ann Jorissen and professor Erik Vermeulen, for their resourceful help.

List of Abbreviations and Legislation

ACA Australian Corporation Act
ACGC Austrian Corporate Governance Code
AFM Financial Markets Authority (Netherlands)
AGM Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
AktG Aktiengesetz (Germany)
AMF Financial Markets Authority (France)
AoA Articles of Association
Austrian AktG Aktiengesetz (Austria)
BGCG Belgian Corporate Governance Code
BGH Bundesgerichtshof (Germany)
CA 2006 UK Companies Act 2006
DCC Dutch Civil Code
DCGC 2008 Dutch Corporate Governance Code 2008
DCGC 2016 Dutch Corporate Governance Code 2016
DGCL Delaware General Corporation Law
DTR Disclosure and Transparency Rules (UK)
EC European Commission
ECLE European Company Law Experts
EGM Extraordinary General Meeting
EP European Parliament
FCC French Commercial Code
FCC Financial Markets Authority (UK)
FCGC French Corporate Governance Code
GCGC German Corporate Governance Code (‘Kodex’)
GM General Meeting
HR Hoge Raad (Dutch Supreme Court)
ICGC Irish Corporate Governance Code
Irish CA 1963 Irish Companies Act 1963
Irish CA 2014 Irish Companies Act 2014
Irish CGA Irish Corporate Governance Annex
RPT Related-party Transaction
UKCGC UK Corporate Governance Code
Wft Financial Supervision Act (Netherlands)
WpHG Wertpapierhandelsgesetz
WvV Code of Company Law (Belgium)