Talk:Aktiengesellschaft

Redirect from Aktiengesetz
That's the law covering companies traded by shares. It should have its own page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.64.182.52 (talk) 11:28, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

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Stakeholder powers
Shouldn’t the information about the German supervisory board be merged with the article on Aktiengesellschaft? The article about Aktiengesellschaft implies that it is exactly the same corporate entity as a Public Limited Company, PLC in the UK or US. It rather simplistically translates Aktiengesellschaft as a company owned by share holders whose policies are decided on purely by shareholders. But, in actual fact, because of the supervisory board Aktiengesellshchaft are actually owned, well company policy is decided at any rate, by stakeholders rather than just shareholders through their voting powers at the Annual General Meeting or EGM. So, the article is being quite misleading without this key piece of information.


 * Shareholders have a voting majority in the Aufsichtsrat. Both sides have the same member amount. But the president of the Aufsichtsrat has a double valued vote, when there is no majority in the first vote round. Liproqq (talk) 17:14, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Compare AG between Switzerland and Germany
Your article confuses a little bit about the legal situation from companies under 'AG' - law: The AG in switerzland is very very close to the GmbH in Germany, where as the 'GmbH' in switzerland is comparable (if not to say similar) to germans 'AG'. This is an important detail to know for. 178.199.53.143 (talk) 13:10, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

supervisory board
In swiss 'AG's, the supervisory board is not called Aufsichtsrat but Verwaltungsrat. There must be named at least 3 at founding moment for a 'AG' - company. the president is called 'Verwaltungsratspräsident'.178.199.53.143 (talk) 13:15, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

"limited"
This article refers to
 * "a corporation limited by share ownership".

When the word "limited" is used in this context, I usually understand it to refer to limitations on the liability of share owners. It that is what is meant, that ought to be stated here, and if it is not, then the article is unclear. Besides AG, there is also GmbH, meaning Geselschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, i.e. "company with limited liability. If AG differs in meaning from GmbH, then what is the nature of the "limitations", if any, implied by "AG"? Michael Hardy (talk) 14:54, 16 September 2016 (UTC)


 * GmbH can be private limited company. Aktiengesellschaft = Share holders. Telecine Guy (talk) 20:10, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Page for Brazil
Brazil's Sociedade Anônima has been explained on same page for Portugal. Suggest to separate or direct to same page. Henriquebrisola (talk) 18:38, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

It has been suggested that this article be merged into Joint-stock company
It has been suggested that this article be merged into Joint-stock company. Discuss is on Joint-stock company page. Has three no votes as of April 2022, started in February 2021.! This is no. Telecine Guy (talk) 19:52, 5 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Oppose: the article is already in summary style, and that structure seems to work well. Klbrain (talk) 09:26, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose: We have articles for other country-specific public company variants (Public limited company, Société Anonyme, OJSC), and Aktiengesellschaft seems deserving of an article as well. Stonkaments (talk) 21:22, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose: This is about German Joint-stock company, not US Joint-stock companies. Telecine Guy (talk) 19:47, 5 April 2022 (UT