Holders of bearer shares who want to vote are prohibited from trading for several weeks around voting time.

ECONOMIST: Shareholder voting

Each accuses the other of owning a phony set of unregistered bearer shares.

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She makes her debut thanks to a 2011 decision to pull her 5% stake in the bearer shares out of the family pool.

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Introduce a disclosure obligation for holders of bearer and registered shares of unlisted companies.

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