1, right to know. If minority shareholders want to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests, they must first have a full understanding of the company.
2. Exercise the right to convene and preside over the shareholders' meeting according to law.
3. The right to transfer equity according to law. According to Article 7 1 of the Company Law, shareholders have the right to transfer their shares according to law, and exercising the right of transfer according to law is also a way for shareholders to protect their legitimate rights and interests.
4. Exercise the preemptive right.
5. The right to require the company to acquire its equity at a reasonable price according to law.
6. The right to safeguard the company and its legitimate rights and interests in its own name.
7. The right to request the people's court to dissolve the company and conduct liquidation.
The right to vote and stand for election, the right to consult the minutes of the company's meetings and financial and accounting reports, and the right to formulate and amend the company's articles of association are mainly obtained and enjoyed according to the qualifications of shareholders, and have nothing to do with actual investment. However, the voting rights, dividend rights, residual property distribution rights and preemptive right of capital increase related to shareholders' investment behavior are directly related to the company's property rights and need to be exercised in proportion to the paid-in capital contribution of shareholders. Shareholders who violate the obligation of capital contribution, although nominally qualified as shareholders, did not make the company generate profits from its capital operation or bear the operating risks of the company with its investment because they did not implement real investment behavior. Therefore, based on the principle of fairness, shareholders who fail to fulfill their capital contribution obligations cannot enjoy the above-mentioned shareholder rights determined according to the capital contribution ratio. Before the due capital contribution is not made up, the voting rights, dividend distribution rights, remaining property distribution rights and the right to subscribe for capital increase of the corresponding shareholders are restricted.
To sum up, the shareholders of a limited company have the right to audit the accounts and can consult the minutes of the shareholders' meeting and the resolutions of the board meeting. According to the relevant laws and regulations, shareholders enjoy the preemptive right, which is determined by the human nature of the limited company. Shareholders of a joint-stock company do not enjoy the preemptive right.
Legal basis:
Company Law of the People's Republic of China
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The company is an enterprise legal person, with independent legal person property and legal person property rights. The company is liable for its debts with all its property. Shareholders of a limited liability company shall be liable to the company to the extent of their subscribed capital contribution; Shareholders of a joint stock limited company shall be liable to the company to the extent of the shares subscribed by them.