To what extent is the protection of listed companies possible and adequate? The various stakeholders are struggling with this issue. After recent attempts of hostile takeovers in the Netherlands (such as at PostNL, Unilever, Akzo Nobel and Mylan), the debate has started again. How to deal with increased shareholder activism? Is the protection of the preference shares still of this time?
On March 15, 2018, Buren organizes a private seminar for managing directors of continuity foundations, which seminar bears the title: 'The Continuity Foundation and Protection Preference Shares: curse or blessing?’.
During the seminar, the continuity foundation will be discussed by experts from different angles.
Speakers:
Robrecht Timmermans (civil law notary at Buren): General introduction to his thesis which appeared on 11 January 2018 and book "Protection of Dutch listed Companies by Issuing Protection Preference Shares"
Pieter Bouw (amongst others Chairman of the Board of Stichting Preferred Shares Mylan): Protection from the view of the continuity foundation
Jasper Spanbroek (General Counsel &Company Secretary Royal KPN N.V.): Protection from the view of the company
Onno Priester (Corporate Investment Banking ABN AMRO): Financing of the continuity foundation
Rients Abma (Director Eumedion): The continuity foundation and litigation
Damiën Berkhout (lawyer at Buren): The continuity foundation and corporate litigation
Paul van Liempt: Chairman
The seminar will take place in the Hermitage Amsterdam.
