Abstracts
Abstract
This study develops a new trade-off view of corporate governance from an examination of rules that limit voting rights as a defensive measure against a hostile takeover attempt. The theoretical framework concerns a listed company, the capital of which is mainly detained by atomistic shareholders and the power of which is in the hands of a minority shareholders, the hard core. The latter wants to block any hostile takeover and constructs a device based on two parameters allowing it to act on the limitation of the voting rights: a threshold and a scale-down coefficient.
Keywords:
- Anti-takeover amendments,
- Control-enhancing mechanisms,
- Corporate governance,
- Management entrenchment,
- One-share one-vote principle
Résumé
Cet article étudie une stratégie de défense anti-OPA fondé sur le principe de limitation des droits de vote, mis en place par un petit groupe d’actionnaire qui détient le pouvoir au sein d’une société cotée. L’article propose de modéliser l’impact de la limitation des droits de vote sur l’environnement puis s’intéresse à l’optimisation du modèle de défense qui doit protéger la firme tout en la maintenant attractive pour les investisseurs non hostiles. Le modèle théorique qui repose sur l’exploitation d’un seuil de limitation et d’un coefficient de réduction est illustré par différentes simulations numériques.
Mots-clés :
- Stratégies anti-OPA,
- Contrôle de la firme,
- Gouvernance,
- Enracinement des dirigeants,
- Limitation des droits de vote
Resumen
Este artículo estudia una estrategia de defensa anti-OPA basada en el principio de limitación de los derechos de voto, creado por un pequeño grupo de accionistas que detenta el poder en una sociedad cotizada. El documento propone modelar el impacto de la limitación del derecho de voto en el medio ambiente y se centra en la optimización del modelo de defensa para proteger a la empresa manteniéndolo atractivo para los inversores no hostiles. El modelo teórico basado en la explotación de un umbral de limitación y un coeficiente de reducción es ilustrado con varias simulaciones numéricas.
Palabras clave:
- Estrategias anti-OPA,
- Control de la empresa,
- Gobierno,
- Enraizamiento de los líderes,
- Limitación de los derechos de voto
Appendices
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