Financial Instrument for Remuneration in Limited Liability Companies in Serbia
As of 1 April 2020 Limited Liability Companies founded in Serbia have access to a new method of remunerating their employees, managers or consultants entitled “Financial Instrument – Right to Acquire Shares”.
The “Financial Instrument – Right to Acquire Shares” (hereinafter: “The financial instrument”) entitles a specified person to acquire a share on a specified date (“maturity date”) at a specified price. It is non-transferable and cannot be pledged or inherited, and must be registered in the Central Securities Depository and Clearing House (hereinafter: “The Central Depository”.)
Prerequisite to this Financial instrument is:
– prior existence of shares reserved for issuance (“reserved shares”). Reserved shares are unissued shares that the company appropriates with the express purpose of deploying the financial instrument. A company may have multiple reserved shares, but the total percentage of all reserved shares in the total share capital cannot exceed 40%. Decision on company’s reserved own shares requires a majority vote of two thirds of all company members.
– the General Assembly of the Limited Liability Company`s (d.o.o. in Serbian.) decision to issue the financial instrument.
Once the decision is made, the company submits the decision to the Central Depository where financial instrument and its legal holders are registered within 5 days.
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Marko Janicijevic, Attorney at law