有限责任公司股权激励突破股东人数限制策略

On the Strategies of Breaking the Limitation of the Number of Shareholders in Limited Liability Company's Equity Incentive

有限责任公司具有人合性的特点,法律限制股东数量。实践中采取间接持股的做法规避法律。间接持股不能赋予受激励者完整的股权,不能达到股权激励的目的。运用法律解释法分析法条,认为相关条款是任意性的,提出工商机关对因股权激励新增超限股东应该予以登记,司法机关可通过发布指导性案例保护受激励者的权利,适当时可通过立法放宽股东人数限制。

Person joint is one of limited liability company＇s characteristics,and there is a limitation for the number of shareholders. Indirect shareholding is adopted and it is not full stock rights so that equity incentive cannot take effect. In this paper,using legal interpretation method,we get the conclusion that the restriction clause about the number of shareholders is arbitrary. Industry and commerce authorities should register the name of shareholders who is an object of equity incentive plan even when the number exceeds the quorum. Guiding cases should be issued to protect the interest of the object of an equity incentive plan,and restrictions on numbers should be relaxed through legislation.