At Least Onemore Than 1 Hedge Fund Acquired a Share in 14The Company in Fourteen of The

I observed a A striking resemblance has been seen between the success rates of the Netherlands and that of the US. In the study by Martynova and Renneboog (2010) it already became clearfound that shareholder protection was almost equal between the US and the Netherlandsin both countries. This corresponds toed in the fact that they both have a success rate is of approximately the 40%. At least oneMore than 1 hedge fund acquired a share in 14the company in fourteen of the 36 listed companies in my database. Of these, 10 of those were working together to achieve certain goals. The hedge funds held a share in the company for an average length of hedge funds holding a share in the company is 531 days. Although Brav et al. (2008) consideredmay find this a long -term period, I consider my opinion is that 531 days is still to be seen as to be a short - term. The average percentage of voting power is initialranges between 8.06% and the maximum average voting power is 10.10%. From By looking at this data, it can be concluded that hedge funds are not generally involved in acquiring controlling blocks of stock. Due to the fact thatBecause shareholders have the an opportunity to go to the OK, they have a fair reasonable chance of having getting their demands fulfilled. The OK likesprefers to solve disputes between shareholders and management by taking enacting provisional measures that improve the dialogue between the two parties. and as As a consequence, the parties often find compromises will be often found. Defensive measures that are taken by the management takes only to oppress shareholders are prohibited, and minority shareholders can change the way in whichhow they are treated by if a majority holders by files an appeal.

5. Discussion

Conducting Doing an extensively study of the at shareholder activism undertaken by hedge funds in the Netherlands over a for the past decade required a great deal of is a lot and precise piece of work. Even But although I did notn’t use any private information, this study provides pretty nicegives a good insights into hedge fund activism in the Netherlandscountry. Further Research The topic of hedge fund activism still needs a lot of attention. The following topics could be interesting for cases in the Netherlands : Wwhich companies are being addressed by hedge funds addressing? I, is lowering the power of the shareholders intended by the public opinionreally necessary, and will hedge fund activism even return come back toin the Netherlands? A The comparison with between other continental European countries could also provide give more insight into the hedge fund activism climate in the Netherlands.