Stifter
English translation: founder or founding member
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| 4 +4 | founder or founding member |
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| 4 | (company search/BrE) promoter/or; (fig.) architect |
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(company search/BrE) promoter/or; (fig.) architect Explanation: UK company search: promoter. Bog-standard term in every UK company and business law book. Asker should be more specific if a coporation, unincorporated partnership (Christine A's answer IMO applies), sole (BrE) trade vs. (AmE) proprietorship. We shouldn't be expected to guess. Example sentence(s):
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peer agreement (net): +4founder or founding member Explanation: There may be only one ´stifter´, or later on, when the ´stifter´of a company is mentioned, it IS usually the founder person who started it all. In practice there may be several, and typically they are shareholders - they form the company by contributing to its capital. You may be able to see from your document (but probably not, as you are asking) whether they all paid in shares, whether these were equal, or what the arrangement was when they set up the company. It is quite possible that the person with the original idea or another ´stifter´ contributed with expertise or manpower to work in the company, but not with capital, so you have to get hold of more details somewhere. Your document may look roughly like this http://www.rsv.dk/files/manager/certifikater/registrering_er... Here there are several ´stiftere´, who are not necessarily shareholders. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2014-10-13 12:51:37 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- An A/S (aktieselskab) is a public limited company, and the ´stifter´ would be the founder, but companies may start in a small way, and become A/S later. It is not possible to say from the corporate form whether a ´stifter´ actually holds shares, though it is quite likely. (Assuming the person is still alive and still actively involved with the company, which in the case of older companies he may not be.) |
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