Why General Motors Thinks U.S. Auto Sales Haven't Peaked. U.S. auto sales hit record levels last year. GM's chief financial officer argues that 2015 wasn't a peak, but rather the beginning of a plateau, with a few more years of good sales yet to come. Here's his case. Feb 7, 2016 at 8:05AM.
The potential for shareholder oppression arguably increased when corporate law was changed to eliminate the common law right of minority shareholders to veto fundamental corporate changes such as mergers.n the United Kingdom, the Companies Act 2006 governs remedies for minority shareholder oppression. Contractual protections, such as buyout provisions in a shareholder agreement, have been cited as a potential alternative to statutory protections of minority shareholders.
One is where you are the minority shareholder, wondering what you can do to either get treated better or get bought out. The other is where you are the majority shareholder wondering what to do about a minority shareholder. In any analysis of what to do, my advice includes looking at both sides of this issue.It's not as one-sided an issue as it may seem. The majority shareholder doesn't want to disclose financial information to the minority shareholder. He or she doesn't want the minority shareholder to know how well or how badly things are going, or know how much the majority shareholder has taken in salary and bonus.