CONTENT
course content
Dates and times
19/03/2025: 9 a.m. - 12:15 a.m.
26/03/2025: 9 a.m. - 12:15 a.m.
Course content
Content
Module 1: Issuance of Shares
- The formalities of share allotment
- Procedures for allotting and issuing shares
- Pre-emptive rights and waivers
- Post-issuance compliance
- Legal consequences of improper allotment
Module 2: Structuring Share Classes
- Balancing voting rights, dividend preferences, and capital contribution rights
- Structuring investor rights with different share classes
- Navigating legal restrictions for various share classes under Cypriot law
- Structuring financing rounds and protecting founders
- Convertible instruments and drag-along/tag-along rights
Module 3: Issuing Shares at a Premium or Discount
- Legal considerations under Cyprus law
- Benefits of issuing shares at a premium
- Compliance for issuing shares at a discount
- Case studies on corporate financing and restructuring
Module 4: Issuing Shares in Exchange for Non-Monetary Contributions
- Steps for issuing shares in exchange for assets, intellectual property, or services
- Valuation of non-cash contributions and legal compliance
- Case studies on structuring non-monetary contributions
Module 5: Issuing Shares by Instalment
- Benefits for companies and investors
- Rights and obligations of shareholders
- Structuring shares by instalment and converting them to fully paid shares
- Case studies for instalment-based shares
Module 6: Issuing Preference Shares and Redeemable Shares
- Types of preference shares and legal structuring
- Issuing redeemable shares: price, date, and conditions
- Case studies on using preference and redeemable shares in corporate deals
suitable for
This course is suitable for:
- Lawyers Legal Advisors
- Corporate administrators
- Financial advisors
- Mergers and acquisition specialists Company Directors
- Company Corporate secretaries