DUTCH CARIBBEAN COMPANIES AND LIABILITY ISSUES

Shareholders are not personally liable

Shareholders of an NV or BV are not personally liable for the liabilities of the company, except where this would be contrary to the law. With the exception of actions based on tort or when a shareholder may be held liable because he is considered a policy maker (see below), in general, the shareholders only obligation is to pay to the company the consideration for the share issue, i.e. a payment on the shares.

The members of the board of directors are personally and severally liable towards the company for any loss caused by the …
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Jul 2008
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