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Corporate Governance I Danske Unoterede Kapitalselskaber Cand.merc.jur - Kandidatafhandling Corporate governance i danske unoterede kapitalselskaber Corporate Governance in Danish unlisted limited liability companies Studerendes navn: Tanja Skøtt Koefoed Studie-nr.: 72352 Dato for aflevering: 17. maj 2016 Juridisk vejleder Økonomisk vejleder Rasmus Mehl Henrik Klem Lassen Antal anslag: 181.995 Cand.merc.jur. – Kandidatafhandling, 17. maj 2016 – Tanja Skøtt Koefoed Indhold Indhold ...................................................................................................................................................... 0 Executive summary ................................................................................................................................... 3 Kapitel 1: Indledning ................................................................................................................................. 4 1.1 Problemfelt ........................................................................................................................................5 1.1.1 Problemformulering ...................................................................................................................5 1.1.2 Formål og synsvinkel ................................................................................................................. 6 1.1.3 Synsvinkel .................................................................................................................................. 6 1.1.4 Eksemplificeringer ..................................................................................................................... 7 1.2 Afgrænsning ..................................................................................................................................... 8 1.3 Metode- og teorivalg ........................................................................................................................ 8 1.3.1 Juridisk analyse ......................................................................................................................... 8 1.3.2 Økonomisk analyse ................................................................................................................... 9 1.3.3 Integreret analyse ..................................................................................................................... 10 1.4 Struktur ........................................................................................................................................... 10 Kapitel 2: Kapitel 2: Corporate governance ............................................................................................. 12 2.1 Berle og Means (1932), før og efter ................................................................................................. 12 2.2 I Europa og Danmark ..................................................................................................................... 14 2.3 Definition og formål ....................................................................................................................... 15 Kapitel 3: Selskabsloven og soft law ........................................................................................................ 18 3.1 Selskabsloven .................................................................................................................................. 18 3.1.1 Ledelse ...................................................................................................................................... 18 3.1.2 Ejer .......................................................................................................................................... 24 3.1.3 Indflydelse på selskabsejers position ...................................................................................... 28 3.2 Soft law .......................................................................................................................................... 33 3.2.1 For danske børsnoterede selskaber ........................................................................................ 33 3.2.2 I juridisk kontekst ................................................................................................................... 34 3.3 Delkonklusion ............................................................................................................................... 36 Kapitel 4: Principal-agent-teori – også i dansk perspektiv ..................................................................... 37 4.1 Principal-agent-teorien ................................................................................................................... 37 4.1.1 Informationsasymmetri........................................................................................................... 39 Side 1 af 80 Cand.merc.jur. – Kandidatafhandling, 17. maj 2016 – Tanja Skøtt Koefoed 4.1.2 Afhjælpning .............................................................................................................................. 41 4.1.3 Risiko ....................................................................................................................................... 42 4.1.4 Betydning af selskabsejers position .........................................................................................47 4.2 I dansk perspektiv ......................................................................................................................... 50 4.2.1 Danske kapitalselskabers organisering ................................................................................... 50 4.2.2 I danske unoterede kapitalselskaber ...................................................................................... 52 4.3 Delkonklusion ............................................................................................................................... 53 Kapitel 5: Erhvervsdemografi og eksisterende soft law tiltag ................................................................ 54 5.1 Dansk erhvervsdemografi .............................................................................................................. 54 5.1.1 Statistik .................................................................................................................................... 54 5.1.2 Ejerstruktur ............................................................................................................................. 58 5.1.3 Kapitalmarked ......................................................................................................................... 60 5.1.4 Værditilførsel til ejere.............................................................................................................. 62 5.2 Eksisterende tiltag ......................................................................................................................... 63 5.2.1 Præsentation ........................................................................................................................... 63 5.2.2 I dansk kontekst ...................................................................................................................... 65 5.2.3 Emner fra eksisterende tiltag ................................................................................................. 70 5.3 Delkonklusion................................................................................................................................. 71 Kapitel 6: Konklusion .............................................................................................................................. 72 Side 2 af 80 Cand.merc.jur. – Kandidatafhandling, 17. maj 2016 – Tanja Skøtt Koefoed Executive summary The main goal of this master thesis is to examine when owners of unlisted Danish limited liability companies can use corporate governance to create value. The meaning of value is therefore discussed shortly to define which factors affect the perception of value to a company owner. Examples of different company structures are set out to clarify, how the owner may have other roles in the company and how this will affect the owner’s value. The thesis continues by reviewing the concept of corporate governance, which has been known for many years, and can be traced back to the early 20th century. Denmark has around 113.000 registered limited liability companies, whereof only 153 are publicly listed. This makes it interesting to examine, if recommendations for corporate governance would be of relevance for these unlisted companies as well. The legal analysis of specific provisions in the Danish Companies Act and also the Danish soft law initiative aimed at listed companies concludes that tasks and responsibilities depend on what role the owner has in the company and so will the owners appraisal of value and that soft law can be used in conjunction with the existing Danish company law as a guideline for best practice. The economic examination of the foundations of the economic theory of principal and agents, agency theory, and the principal-agent problems that exist in Danish perspective determines how the roles of the company owner will result in different agency costs and also benefits and risks and how the highly concentrated ownership structure is influencing the use of corporate governance in Danish unlisted companies. The integrated analysis of firstly the Danish business demography and capital market and secondly three existing soft law initiatives for unlisted companies illustrates how the importance of the company owner and capital
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