Naamloze Vennootschap
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| Business organizations |
| Basic forms: |
| Sole proprietorship |
| Corporation |
| Partnership (General · Limited · LLP) |
| Cooperative |
| USA: |
| Business trust · LLC · LLLP Delaware corporation Nevada corporation |
| UK/Commonwealth: |
| Limited company (By shares · By guarantee) (Public · Proprietary) |
| Civil law countries: |
| AB · AG · ANS · A/S · GmbH |
| K.K. · N.V. · OY · S.A. |
| European Company Statute |
| Doctrines |
| Corporate governance |
| Limited liability · Ultra vires |
| Business judgment rule |
| De facto corporation and corporation by estoppel |
| Piercing the corporate veil |
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| Contract · Civil procedure |
The term Naamloze Vennootschap (usually abbreviated NV) is the Dutch terminology for a public limited liability corporation. The company is owned by shareholders, and the company's shares are not registered to certain owners, so that they may be traded on the public stock market.
The phrase literally means "Nameless Partnership" and comes from the fact that the partners (the shareholders) are not directly known. This is in contrast to the term for a private limited company, which is called Besloten Vennootschap, usually abbreviated as B.V. (literally "Secluded Partnership").
The Naamloze Vennootschap is a legal entity in The Netherlands, Belgium, Surinam and The Netherlands Antilles.
See also
- Types of companies
- Types of corporations
- Public limited company (the corresponding concept in the UK and in Ireland)
- S. A. (the corresponding concept in France, Spain and other Romanic countries)
- Aktiengesellschaft (the corresponding concept in Germany)
- Aktiebolag (the corresponding concept in Sweden)
- Osakeyhtiö (the corresponding concept in Finland)
- Societas Europaea (for the corresponding concept for European companies in the European Union)
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Types of companies