Aspectos jurídicos e econômicos na incorporação de ações: uma análise de mercado

AUTOR(ES)

Jaime Magalhães Machado Júnior

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

This essay is in connection with mergers of shares (article 252 of Law n 6,404/76), whereby a company (merged company) mergers its shares into another company (merging company) and becomes the wholly-owned subsidiary of the second, as far as the capital market is concerned. It discusses the origins and concept of mergers of shares in light of the U.S. paradigm (freezeout and squeezeout mergers) and the Brazilian laws and regulations. It addresses the existence of conflicts between minority and controlling shareholders in the Brazilian capital market. It looks into the characteristics of Brazilian public companies (companhias de capital aberto) by presenting data that indicate the existence in most of those transactions of one single controlling shareholder. It shows the increase of guarantees and rights made available to minority shareholders after amendments to related laws, particularly after 2001, and to rules issuing from the Brazilian Stock and Exchange Commission (CVM), as a way to broaden the alternatives to raise and use resources out of the national savings in the capital market. It suggests that mergers of shares can be viewed within the context of the capital market but at the same time from the legal prospective of protecting minority shareholders. It puts forward modalities or theories according to which mergers of shares can be fraudulent under the law, to the extent that the controlling shareholders can take abusive actions (articles 116 and 117 of Law n 6,404/76) to the prejudice of minority shareholders. It suggests, further, the use of simulation models (article 167 of the Brazilian Civil Code), of the "indirect deal" theory and case study of economic grounds as means or tools available to determine the existence of illegalities in a merger of shares. It lists cases submitted to CVM and Legal System for consideration. Finally, it suggests ways that the Brazilian government can control and the consequences of administrative (by CVM) and court rulings in litigations between minority and controlling shareholders.

ASSUNTO(S)

mercado de capitais capital market mergers of shares abuso do poder de controle direito comercial incorporação de ações abuse of discretion minority shareholder acionista minoritário

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