"Received through": How did a shareholder receive their shares?
When creating or editing a shareholder, you can specify how the shareholder acquired their shares.
Fides provides the following categories:
| Purchase of the shares | The shareholder acquires existing shares from another shareholder |
| Incorporation of the company | The shareholder receives newly issued shares as part of the company's incorporation. |
| Capital Increase | The shareholder receives newly issued shares as part of a capital increase. |
| Merger | The shareholder receives shares as a result of a merger in accordance with Section 1(1) of the German Transformation Act (Umwandlungsgesetz). |
| Inheritance | The shareholder acquires existing shares as the legal successor of a deceased shareholder. |