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Zhang Jianzhong v. Yang Zhaochun

张建中诉杨照春股权确认纠纷案

Gazette case confirming the validity of a nominee-shareholding agreement between the actual investor and registered shareholder, while requiring the statutory transfer-consent pathway before registration can be changed.

Use It For

Use this for the distinction between contractual investment entitlement and recognition as a shareholder against the company and other shareholders.

Brief English Introduction

The case recognizes the internal validity of a dormant-investor/nominee arrangement but treats the move from investment entitlement to registered shareholder status as functionally similar to an equity transfer requiring other-shareholder consent.

Teaching Notes

It is a useful bridge from Interpretation III to current disputes over whether the shareholder register, commercial registration, contract, contribution, or actual exercise of rights should control.