Merger of Joint-Stock Companies

Pripajanje dioničkih društava temeljna je, a vjerojatno i najčešća statusna promjena kroz koju prolaze dionička društva. U ovom radu pripajanje se obrađuje s gledišta njegovih pravnih učinaka. Cilj je detaljno opisati, iz pravnog aspekta, sve radnje potrebne za uspješno provođenje statusne promjene pripajanja, počevši s neobveznim predradnjama poput dubinskog snimanja, pa sve do završetka pripajanja, njegova upisa u sudski registar i prestanka postojanja pripojenog društva. Na određenim dijelovima rada ukazuje se na potencijalno problematična zakonska rješenja, odnosno racionalizira se intencija zakonodavca prilikom pravnog uređenja pripajanja kao statusne promjene. Rad se dotiče i pojedinih oblika transakcija koje omogućuju postizanje učinaka pripajanja, bez da se formalnopravno pripajanje stvarno provodi.The merger of joint-stock companies is a fundamental and likely the most common statutory change which joint-stock companies go through. In this thesis, merger is treated from the point of view of its legal effects. The intended goal is to describe in detail, from a legal point of view, all the actions necessary for the successful implementation of this statutory change, starting with optional preliminary actions such as due diligence, and finishing with completion of the merger, its registration with the court registry and termination of existence of the merged company. In certain parts of the thesis, potentially problematic legal solutions are challenged, or the intention of the legislator’s regulation of mergers as statutory changes is explained in-depth. The thesis also touches on certain transactions and reorganizations that enables the legal effects of mergers to be achieved, without the formal legal merger actually being carried out