| Abstract [eng] |
This study is devoted to the systematic analysis of the shareholder obligations. The concepts of a member of the company, shareholder and legal obligation are examined as the significant categories to the subject. The moment when the shareholder obligation arises is examined too. The purpose of the study is to reveal the essence of the shareholder obligations, to evaluate how much they are reviewed in the Lithuanian and European Union legislations and in the practice of the Supreme Court of Lithuania. The analysis presents classification of the shareholder obligations as far as they are divided into groups according to the subjects to whom they are defined and according to where these obligations are set down. Particular attention is given to the shareholders obligation to pay for the shares, not to reveal the confidential information and to respect the minority shareholders. Also there is a short reveal of what happens if the shareholder fails to perform his obligations. |
