When a Singapore company receives an acquisition offer, the deal often requires the buyer to obtain 100% of the shares — not 80%, not 90%, but every single share. If one or more minority shareholders refuse to sell, the entire deal can fall apart. Drag-along rights exist to solve exactly this problem. They allow a [...]
Running a Singapore private limited company as a founder-director has always carried legal responsibilities. But since 6 May 2026 — when the Corporate and Accounting Laws (Amendment) Act 2025 (CALA 2025) commenced — those responsibilities come with meaningfully sharper teeth. The maximum fine for breaching director duties has quadrupled from S$5,000 to S$20,000, and imprisonment [...]
You have incorporated your Singapore private limited company, appointed a company secretary, and sorted out the share structure. But have you signed a shareholder agreement? For many founders and business partners, the answer is no — and that gap can prove costly when disputes arise, a shareholder wants to exit, or an investor comes on [...]
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Drag-along rights are one of the most commercially significant provisions in any Singapore shareholder agreement. They give majority shareholders — typically a founding team or lead investor — the contractual right to compel minority shareholders to participate in a sale of the company on the same terms. Without drag-along rights, a single recalcitrant minority shareholder [...]
Selective share buybacks have long been a tool for Singapore companies to return capital to specific shareholders, restructure ownership, or facilitate founder exits. Under the Companies Act, any share buyback that does not offer shares to all shareholders pro-rata qualifies as "selective" and has always required a higher threshold of shareholder approval than an ordinary [...]
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