{"id":43627,"date":"2023-02-06T16:59:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T14:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.e2.law\/?post_type=legalconcepts&#038;p=43627"},"modified":"2023-02-06T18:25:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T16:25:35","slug":"share-classe","status":"publish","type":"legalconcepts","link":"https:\/\/www.e2.law\/en\/legalconcepts\/share-classe\/","title":{"rendered":"Class of shares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where any share or series of shares has rights attached to it other than those attached to other shares issued by the same company, each such series shall constitute a <strong>class of shares<\/strong> in relation to the other series of shares.<\/p>\n<p>These rights may be political, economic or other.<\/p>\n<p>For example, it is possible to provide that some shareholders have greater voting rights than others or that some shares are entitled to a greater share of the profits than others.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information on the consequences of creating share classes, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e2.law\/en\/2023\/02\/06\/classes-of-shares-disavantages\/\">dedicated article<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"accordian fusion-accordian\" style=\"--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-icon-size:13px;--awb-content-font-size:16px;--awb-icon-alignment:left;--awb-hover-color:#f9f9f9;--awb-border-color:#cccccc;--awb-background-color:#ffffff;--awb-divider-color:#e0dede;--awb-divider-hover-color:#e0dede;--awb-icon-color:#ffffff;--awb-title-color:#333333;--awb-content-color:#747474;--awb-icon-box-color:#333333;--awb-toggle-hover-accent-color:#0da74c;--awb-title-font-family:&quot;Roboto Slab&quot;;--awb-title-font-weight:300;--awb-title-font-style:normal;--awb-title-font-size:14px;--awb-title-letter-spacing:0px;--awb-title-line-height:1.43;--awb-content-font-family:&quot;PT Sans&quot;;--awb-content-font-style:normal;--awb-content-font-weight:400;\"><div class=\"panel-group fusion-toggle-icon-boxed\" id=\"accordion-43627-1\"><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-081685a1fe5dfe108 fusion-toggle-has-divider\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#333333;--awb-content-color:#747474;\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_081685a1fe5dfe108\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"081685a1fe5dfe108\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-43627-1\" data-target=\"#081685a1fe5dfe108\" href=\"#081685a1fe5dfe108\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Legal basis<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"081685a1fe5dfe108\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_081685a1fe5dfe108\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SRL : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ejustice.just.fgov.be\/eli\/loi\/2019\/03\/23\/2019A40586\/justel#Art.5:48\">article 5:48<\/a> of BCCA<\/li>\n<li>SA :\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ejustice.just.fgov.be\/eli\/loi\/2019\/03\/23\/2019A40586\/justel#Art.6:46\">article 6:46<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SC : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ejustice.just.fgov.be\/eli\/loi\/2019\/03\/23\/2019A40586\/justel#Art.7:60\">article 7:60<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43627","legalconcepts","type-legalconcepts","status-publish","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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