Related Party Transactions and Minority Shareholder Rights

1 Please cite this publication as:OECD (2012), Related Party Transactions and Minority Shareholder Rights , OECD work is published on the OECD iLibrary, which gathers all OECD books, periodicals and statistical databases. Visit , and do not hesitate to contact us for more Party Transactions and Minority Shareholder RightsContentsExecutive summaryAssessement and recommendationsPart I. Overall situation and lessons from the reviewed economiesChapter 1. Managing Related Party Transactions : a review of practicesPart II. Country reviews of provisions and practices covering Related Party Transactions and protection of Minority Shareholder rightsChapter 2.

2 Belgium: Review of Related Party Transactions and Minority Shareholder rightsChapter 3. France: Review of Related Party Transactions and Minority Shareholder rightsChapter 4. India: Review of Related Party Transactions and Minority Shareholder rightsChapter 5. Israel: Review of Related Party Transactions and Minority Shareholder rightsChapter 6. Italy: Review of Related Party Transactions and Minority Shareholder Rights ISBN 978-92-64-09825-126 2012 01 1 P-:HSTCQE=U^]WZV: Related Party Transactions and Minority Shareholder RightsRelated Party Transactions and Minority Shareholder 122-Mar-2012 4:07:11 PMRelated Party Transactions and Minority Shareholder RightsThis work is published on the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD.

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6 The report is focused on the corporate governance framework thatmanages Related Party Transactions with the aim to protect Minority investors. It covers over30 jurisdictions, including in-depth reviews of Belgium, France, India, Israel,* Italy and report is based in part on a questionnaire that was sent to all participating jurisdictions inMay 2011. All jurisdictions were invited to respond to a general set of questions so as to provide anoverall context within which the review would take place. The five jurisdictions that were subject tothe in-depth review were invited to respond to a more extensive set of questions and there was alsoa visit by the OECD to consult a wider range of market report first reviews the experience of the five jurisdictions in managing Related partytransactions which is set against a general review of legislation in over 30 jurisdictions.

7 The second partcomprises the in-depth review of the five jurisdictions. The report was prepared by Grant Kirkpatrick andDaniel Blume with inputs by Akira Nozaki and approved for publication under the authority of the OECDC orporate Governance Committee in December OECD corporate governance peer review process is designed to facilitate effectiveimplementation of the principles and to assist market participants and policy makers to respond toemerging corporate governance risks. The reviews are also forward looking so as to help indentify, atan early stage, key market practices and policy developments that may undermine the quality ofcorporate governance.

8 The review process is open to OECD and non-OECD jurisdictions alike.* The statistical data for Israel were supplied by and under the responsibility of the relevant Israeliauthorities. The use of such data by the OECD is without prejudice to the status of the Golan Heights,East Jerusalem and Israeli settlements in the West Bank under the terms of international E O F C O N T E N T SRELATED Party Transactions AND Minority Shareholder Rights OECD 20125 Table of ContentsExecutive Summary.. 9 Assessment and Recommendations.

9 11 Part IOverall Situation and Lessons from the Reviewed EconomiesChapter Related Party Transactions : A Review of Practices.. 19 Overall setting and objectives of the report .. 20 Lessons from the reviewed economies .. 21 Related Party Transactions and Minority Rights around the world .. 30 Notes.. 37 Bibliography .. 37 Annex Is Known about Related Party Transactions ? Empirical Studies .. 40 Part IICountry Reviews of Provisions and Practices Covering Related Party Transactions and Protection of Minority Shareholder RightsChapter : Review of Related Party Transactions and Minority Shareholder Rights .

10 49 The ownership and control of Belgium listed companies .. 50 The approach to protection of Minority shareholders .. 51 The approach to Related Party Transactions .. 55 Assessment and conclusions .. 58 Notes.. 59 Bibliography .. 60 TABLE OF CONTENTSRELATED Party Transactions AND Minority Shareholder Rights OECD 20126 Chapter : Review of Related Party Transactionsand Minority Shareholder Rights .. 61 Corporate governance landscape and framework for dealing with RPTs.. 62 Enforcement .. 65 Shareholder actions in France some recent cases.