This paper analyses lawsuits against shareholders' resolutions according to the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) and … lawsuit is pending with a court. In particular, mergers have to be implemented without any delay. The minority shareholders … voting power of minority shareholders and create incentives to use the real option inefficiently. Therefore, the majority …

-specific determinants of dividend payout probabilities. Only the largest shareholders with equity stakes that are either between 25% and 50 …% or above 50% rank among the most important variables. The impact is non-linear. When controlling for shareholders …