If you are buying or selling a Singapore private company, the smoothness of that exit will often turn on two unassuming clauses tucked into the shareholders' agreement: drag-along and tag-along rights. They look technical. They feel like boilerplate. But they decide whether a majority owner can deliver 100% of the equity to a buyer, and [...]
When founders and investors negotiate a Singapore shareholders' agreement, two clauses tend to dominate the exit discussion: drag-along rights and tag-along rights. Of the two, drag-along is by far the more contentious — and the more powerful. A well-drafted drag-along clause can be the difference between a clean 100% sale of your company and a [...]
Raising fresh capital is a recurring challenge for any growing Singapore company. When the existing cash reserves and retained earnings are not enough to fund expansion, acquisitions, or working capital, directors and shareholders usually turn to one of two well-established tools under the Companies Act 1967: the bonus issue and the rights issue. At first [...]