Selling shares in a French SARL
The double majority for approval and the three months that count as consent, the writing then the two successive kinds of effect, and the 3 % duty after an allowance spread share by share. Three modules on a sale of 300 shares for 45 000 €. All the prose is free to read; the case study and quizzes are sold.
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By the end of this course, you can…
These outcomes are the modules' own: the promise cannot say anything the course does not teach.
- Retain the majority required to approve a sale to an outsider.
- Place the prior notification and its starting point.
- Retain the period after which approval is deemed given.
- Know what a refusal obliges the members to do.
- Separate free transfers from those requiring approval.
- Retain the form requirement the code imposes on the sale.
- Separate effect against the company from effect against third parties.
- Know the two routes to effect against the company.
- Retain the additional formality required for third parties.
- Place the article to which the limited liability company regime refers.
- Retain the registration duty rate on sales of shares.
- Understand the allowance formula and how it is spread.
- Compute the duty on a partial sale.
- Separate companies whose capital is divided into stock.
- See why the allowance depends on the company's total number of shares.
The programme, module by module
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- Module 18 minFree — no accountSelling to an outsider requires approvalWhat you will be able to do
- Retain the majority required to approve a sale to an outsider.
- Place the prior notification and its starting point.
- Retain the period after which approval is deemed given.
- Know what a refusal obliges the members to do.
- Separate free transfers from those requiring approval.
- Module 28 minIncluded in the full courseA writing, then two kinds of effectWhat you will be able to do
- Retain the form requirement the code imposes on the sale.
- Separate effect against the company from effect against third parties.
- Know the two routes to effect against the company.
- Retain the additional formality required for third parties.
- Place the article to which the limited liability company regime refers.
- Module 39 minIncluded in the full courseThree per cent, after a per-share allowanceWhat you will be able to do
- Retain the registration duty rate on sales of shares.
- Understand the allowance formula and how it is spread.
- Compute the duty on a partial sale.
- Separate companies whose capital is divided into stock.
- See why the allowance depends on the company's total number of shares.
What you take away
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- Mistakes to avoid (3)
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- Key figures (3)
- Mistakes to avoid (3)
- Official sources (3)
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