Company Law Glossary

Important definitions and terminologies used in Company Law

A

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in Company Law
  • Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Company Law
  • Arbitration in Company Law
  • Articles in Company Law
  • Articles of Association in Company Law
  • Asset Sale in Company Law
  • Assets in Company Law
  • Assign in Company Law
  • Audit in Company Law
  • Authorized Share Capital in Company Law

B

  • Bearer Share in Company Law
  • Board of Directors in Company Law
  • Bond in Company Law
  • Business Judgment Rule in Company Law

C

  • Capital in Company Law
  • Certificate of Incorporation in Company Law
  • Certificate of shares in Company Law
  • Class Action in Company Law
  • Condition Precedent in Company Law
  • Consideration in Company Law
  • Convertible Bond in Company Law
  • Corporate Governance in Company Law
  • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Company Law
  • Criminal liability in Company Law
  • Cumulative Voting in Company Law

D

  • Debenture in Company Law
  • Debentures in Company Law
  • Derivative Action in Company Law
  • Designated Member in Company Law
  • Director in Company Law
  • Director’s Duties in Company Law
  • Directors Duties in Company Law
  • Directors’ Remuneration in Company Law
  • Disclosure in Company Law
  • Dividend in Company Law
  • Dividend Yield in Company Law
  • Drag Along in Company Law
  • Due Diligence in Company Law
  • Duress in Company Law

E

  • Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT) in Company Law
  • Earnings Per Share (EPS) in Company Law
  • Enterprise in Company Law
  • Enterprise Value in Company Law
  • Equity in Company Law

F

  • Fiduciary Duties in Company Law
  • Fiduciary Duty in Company Law
  • Financial Ratios in Company Law
  • Financial Statement in Company Law
  • Fixed Asset in Company Law
  • Force Majeure in Company Law
  • Formation of company in Company Law

G

  • General Meeting in Company Law
  • Global depository receipt in Company Law
  • Golden Parachute in Company Law
  • Good Faith in Company Law
  • Good Will in Company Law
  • Goodwill in Company Law

H

  • Holding Company in Company Law
  • Hostile Takeover Bid in Company Law
  • Hostile Takeover in Company Law

I

  • Incorporation of company in Company Law
  • Indemnity in Company Law
  • Insider in Company Law
  • Insider Trading in Company Law
  • Insolvency in Company Law
  • Interim Dividend in Company Law
  • Issue of bonus shares in Company Law

J

  • Joint and Several Liability in Company Law
  • Joint Liability in Company Law
  • Joint Stock Company in Company Law
  • Joint Venture in Company Law

L

  • Leverage in Company Law
  • Limited Liability in Company Law
  • Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) in Company Law
  • Limited Liability Partnership in Company Law

M

  • Majority Shareholder in Company Law
  • Management Buyout in Company Law
  • Mediation in Company Law
  • Member in Company Law
  • Memorandum in Company Law
  • Memorandum of Association in Company Law
  • Merger in Company Law
  • Minority Shareholder in Company Law

N

  • Net Income in Company Law
  • Nominee in Company Law
  • Non-Disclosure Agreement in Company Law
  • Non-executive Director in Company Law

O

  • Offshore Company in Company Law
  • Operating Profit in Company Law
  • Option in Company Law

P

  • Partnership Agreement in Company Law
  • Power to nominate in Company Law
  • Pre-emption in Company Law
  • Pre-emption Rights in Company Law
  • Preference Share in Company Law
  • preference shares in Company Law
  • Price-Earnings Ratio (P/E Ratio) in Company Law
  • Private Placement in Company Law
  • Prospectus in Company Law
  • Proxy in Company Law
  • Public offer in Company Law

Q

  • Qualified Majority in Company Law
  • Quarterly Report in Company Law
  • Quorum in Company Law

R

  • Red herring prospectus in Company Law
  • Reduction of share capital in Company Law
  • Registered Office in Company Law
  • Registrar in Company Law
  • Resolutions in Company Law
  • Retained Earnings in Company Law

S

  • Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Company Law
  • Share Capital in Company Law
  • Share Certificate in Company Law
  • Share Sale in Company Law
  • Shareholder in Company Law
  • Shareholder’s Agreement in Company Law
  • Shareholders in Company Law
  • Shelf prospectus in Company Law
  • Solvency Ratio in Company Law
  • Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) in Company Law
  • Specific Performance in Company Law
  • Stamp Duty in Company Law
  • Stock Option in Company Law
  • Stock Transfer Form in Company Law
  • Subsidiary company in Company Law
  • Subsidiary in Company Law
  • sweat equity shares in Company Law

T

  • Tag Along in Company Law
  • Takeover in Company Law
  • Tender Offer in Company Law
  • Trading on Equity in Company Law
  • Transfer and transmission of securities in Company Law
  • Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) “TUPE” in Company Law
  • Treasury Stock in Company Law
  • Trust Deed in Company Law

U

  • Ultra Vires in Company Law
  • Undercapitalization in Company Law
  • Underwriting in Company Law
  • Unfair Prejudice in Company Law
  • Unlisted Company in Company Law

V

  • Venture Capital in Company Law
  • Venture Capitalist in Company Law
  • Voting Rights in Company Law

W

  • Warranties in Company Law
  • Whistleblower in Company Law
  • Winding Up in Company Law
  • Working Capital in Company Law

Z

  • Zero-coupon bond in Company Law
  • Zero-coupon Convertible Bond in Company Law
  • Zone of Insolvency in Company Law
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