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What are Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) schemes?

Published in Shares and shareholders on April 28, 2024 by Philip Newman

The Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) allows smaller companies to set up tax-advantaged employee share schemes. Under an EMI scheme the company grants share options to employees to buy shares in the company at some time in the…

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5 simple steps to perfect share certificates

Published in Shares and shareholders on April 16, 2024 by Johnathan Korchak

Our basic share certificate template is completely free to use. You can alternatively purchase unlimited use of one of our premium professionally-designed templates.…

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Share certificates – what you need to know

Published in Shares and shareholders on April 15, 2024 by Johnathan Korchak

A share certificate, which is produced and issued by a company, certifies on a certain date that a person is the registered owner of shares in that company. The key information shown on the certificate includes the name and…

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What is a shareholder?

Published in Shares and shareholders on October 2, 2023 by Johnathan Korchak

Shareholders are people (or sometimes other companies) who invest money into a company in return for shares (also known as ‘equity’). Each share is a slice of the company. One share can be a big slice or a very thin slice,…

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What is a shareholders’ agreement?

Published in Shares and shareholders on September 18, 2023 by Philip Newman

When setting up a company with family or friends it is easy to assume that nothing can go wrong in the future. You might assume that, as you trust one another, you do not need to put in place something like a shareholders’…

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What should be included in a shareholders’ agreement?

Published in Shares and shareholders on August 10, 2023 by Henry Catchpole

We’ve written separately to explain what a shareholders’ agreement is and when it’s appropriate to have one in place. This article sets out some of the practicalities of setting up a shareholders’ agreement and details…

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