Now Congo must go further and disclose all
the ultimate owners of these companies, rather than allowing them to be obscured by the secrecy rules of the British Virgin Islands.
Not exact matches
The
ultimate ability
of a
company to generate returns for its long - term
owners over many decades is going to be determined by the return on capital it produces.
And
of the
ultimate owners of those shares, an estimated 75 % have instructed their intermediaries not to divulge their identities to the issuing
company.
The business secretary, Vince Cable, has claimed to be ending «the darker side
of capitalism» by announcing he will press ahead with a new public register on
company ownership to track the
ultimate owners of UK
companies, so making it more difficult for firms to evade tax or funnel corrupt funds.
As deputy chief operating officer
of News Corp — the US - listed
company that is the
ultimate owner of News International (NI), which in turn owns the News
of the World, the Times, the Sunday Times and the Sun — the younger Murdoch has admitted he misled parliament over phone hacking, although he has stated he did not have the complete picture at the time.
Since 1992, the pair has successfully owned and operated their training
company, Dog Obedience Group (D.O.G.), with the
ultimate goal
of «helping to keep dogs with behavior problems out
of the local shelters and in the family by showing
owners how to fix and prevent problems,» their website proclaims.
The EITI recommends that
companies which bid for, operate and invest in extractive industry assets publish the identities
of ultimate beneficial
owners.
Since the release
of the results
of Global Witness»
company ownership survey on 26 June 2014, a further five
companies, including two private
companies, have revealed details
of their
ultimate owners to Global Witness.
The PSC requires UK
companies and LLPs to keep a statutory register showing who the
ultimate beneficial
owners and controllers are and the details
of their holdings.
In re Marriage
of Blazer, (August 25, 2009)(partially unpublished) The California Court
of Appeal considered two issues
of first impression: whether an
owner's capital account in a small, closely held
company should count toward his income for determining spousal support; and whether the
ultimate support award, when combined with the disposition and division
of the business as a going concern, constitutes an impermissible «double dip» into the income stream
of the business and
of the
owner - spouse.
A buy - sell agreement will not eliminate all conflicts between
company owners and investors, but signing off on a «corporate pre-nup,» which carefully balances the rights
of both parties should help lessen the potentially contentious nature
of the investor's
ultimate departure from the
company.
Perhaps the
ultimate manifestation
of the credit crisis in the legal arena is the increasing number
of company officers and
owners who are risking personally liable for the «deepening insolvency»
of their
companies, says Smith.