Company transaction


URI

http://w3id.org/um/cbcm/eu-cm-ontology#CompanyTransaction

Label

Company transaction

Description

An action taken by a company that modifies its corporate structure with a change of control (for e.g. through either a merger, division, conversion or seat transfer in a domestic or cross-border setting). It involves one or more companies, each of which have a company legal form valid in a Member State of the European Union.

Superclasses (2)

Usage

Instances of Company transaction can have the following properties:

PROPERTYTYPEDESCRIPTIONRANGE
From class Company transaction
AC Employees count at transaction owl:DatatypeProperty number of employees of the acquiring company - at the moment of the transaction nonNegativeInteger
Last employment figure for the acquiring company owl:DatatypeProperty The last available annual employment figure for the acquiring company nonNegativeInteger
Total EU employees owl:DatatypeProperty total number of employees of the acquiring company in the EU at the moment of the transaction nonNegativeInteger
AC Last employment figure year owl:DatatypeProperty The year the last annual employment figure was obtained for acquiring companies dateTime
is BLER existing prior owl:DatatypeProperty Is an employee board level representation/participation (BLER) mechanism applicable prior to the cross-border transaction? 0 = no BLER prior to cross-border transaction 1 = BLER existing prior to cross-border transaction boolean
BLER composition owl:DatatypeProperty What is the employee board level representation (BLER) ratio going to be after the completion of the transaction? The ratio is ranging from 0.00 (no BLER) to 0.33 (1/3 BLER) to 0.5 (50-50 Mitbestimmung) to (theoretically) 1.00, which would be 100% employee representatives on the board and no shareholder representatives. owl:Thing
Companies have Economic Committee owl:DatatypeProperty Are the companies involved in the transaction having an economic committee? An economic committee advises the work council about the financial parts of the transaction. boolean
Companies have employees owl:DatatypeProperty Are the companies involved in the transaction having employees? Only one company needs to have employees for this property to be true boolean
Companies have Works Council owl:DatatypeProperty Are the companies involved in the transaction having a works council? Works councils safeguard employees' welfare boolean
Diverging employment figure owl:DatatypeProperty If a different employee number for the acquiring company is found, it is recorded in this field nonNegativeInteger
Impact on employees owl:DatatypeProperty Is the impact on employees of the envisaged transaction specified in the transaction document (e.g. the merger plan)? Part of merger plan that specifies how the transaction will affect employees. - Yes: there is an impact on employees (positive or negative); - No: no impact on employees; - Not applicable: the conditions are not met (e.g. no employees, BLER threshold not met) for this criterion to be applicable; - Unclear: the wording of the document is unclear with regard to the impact/effect/measures taken; - Not mentioned: given the parameters, this aspect should be addressed in the transaction document, but is not mentioned string
Is SE creation owl:DatatypeProperty Variable indicating whether this case concerns an SE-creation (yes/no) to distinguish creations of SEs from other transactions boolean
Law Firm owl:DatatypeProperty Name of the lawfirm involved in the transaction, if available (for internal use; cross-border divisions and seat transfers are currently not possible within an EU legal framework.) string
MC Employees count at transaction owl:DatatypeProperty Number of employees of the acquiring company - at the moment of the transaction nonNegativeInteger
Last employment figure for the merging company owl:DatatypeProperty The last available annual employment figure for the merging company nonNegativeInteger
MC Last employment figure year owl:DatatypeProperty The year the last annual employment figure was obtained for merging companies dateTime
Multi-transaction owl:DatatypeProperty A transaction whereby more than two companies (i.e. multiple merging companies) are involved and merged into one acquiring company boolean
Has negotiated agreement owl:DatatypeProperty Is the management of the companies involved starting the process of setting up a Special Negotiating Body (SNB) in order to reach a negotiated agreement on the future employee participation mechanism (BLER) after the transaction? BLER (Board-Level Employee Represenation): highest level of employee involvement in a company in the supervisory board. They can take co-determine decisions of the company's management and where the company is heading. - Yes: there is a negotiated agreement to be negotiated with the SNB; - No: no negotiated agreement; - Not applicable: the conditions are not met (e.g. no employees, BLER threshold not met) for this criterion to be applicable; - Unclear: the wording of the document is unclear with regard to the impact/effect/measures taken; - Not mentioned: given the parameters, this aspect should be addressed in the transaction document, but is not mentioned string
Raw transaction ID owl:DatatypeProperty unique identifier before database entry. This id is the old ID-structure used before entry into the CbCMdb positiveInteger
SNB voluntary application owl:DatatypeProperty Is a Special Negotiating Body (SNB) set up voluntary? Whether or not a SNB is created/will be created voluntarily. - Yes: an SNB is created voluntarily; - No: no voluntary SNB set up; - Not applicable: the conditions are not met (e.g. no employees, BLER threshold not met) for this criterion to be applicable; - Unclear: the wording of the document is unclear with regard to the impact/effect/measures taken; - Not mentioned: given the parameters, this aspect should be addressed in the transaction document, but is not mentioned string
Standard rules application owl:DatatypeProperty Are the standard rules applied directly without and instead of the start of negotiations with a Special Negotiating Body (SNB)? Instead of an SNB being set up, the standard rules are applied instead. - Yes: the standard rules are applied; - No: standard rules ar enot applied; - Not applicable: the conditions are not met (e.g. no employees, BLER threshold not met) for this criterion to be applicable; - Unclear: the wording of the document is unclear with regard to the impact/effect/measures taken; - Not mentioned: given the parameters, this aspect should be addressed in the transaction document, but is not mentioned string
BLER to be negotiated owl:DatatypeProperty Is an employee board level representation/participation (BLER) mechanism going to be re-negotiated in the process of the cross-border transaction? - Yes: BLER be (re-)negotiated with the SNB; - No: no BLER-(re-)negotiation; - Not applicable: the conditions are not met (e.g. no employees, BLER threshold not met) for this criterion to be applicable; - Unclear: the wording of the document is unclear with regard to the impact/effect/measures taken; - Not mentioned: given the parameters, this aspect should be addressed in the transaction document, but is not mentioned string
Transaction comment owl:DatatypeProperty Notes from researcher about the transaction string
Transaction completion date owl:DatatypeProperty Date on which the transaction was effectuated (the date that the competent authority e.g., business registry of that country, says that the criteria have been met by merging and acquiring companies and the merging/transferring company is dissolved). This is the final step of a transaction process dateTime
Transaction ID owl:DatatypeProperty unique identifier for a transaction positiveInteger
Transaction plan available owl:DatatypeProperty Is the transaction plan available for analysis? Merger plan, Seat transfer plan or Division plan. Transaction notice is where the transaction is announced. The other documents are where the nature and details of the transaction are specified. boolean
Transaction notice date owl:DatatypeProperty Date of the transaction notice (document announcing the transaction) constituting the start of the transaction process. Date that the document was published (which is the important date because this is when it becomes legally binding) dateTime
Total WW employees at transaction owl:DatatypeProperty number of employees of company group worldwide at the moment of the transaction nonNegativeInteger
Diverging employment figure year owl:DatatypeProperty The year for which a diverging employee number is recorded dateTime
Last WW employment figure year owl:DatatypeProperty Year in which the last worldwide employment figure was recorded dateTime
has document source owl:ObjectProperty In which document did the researcher find information about the transaction? Company mobility document
data found in registry from country owl:ObjectProperty In which countries' registry did the researcher find information about the transaction? Country
After-transaction company form owl:ObjectProperty (?ENTITY1 hasPostCompanyForm ?ENTITY2) indicates the new company form of a company undergoing a cross border conversion or a national conversion. Company form
Pre-transaction company form owl:ObjectProperty (?ENTITY1 hasPriorCompanyForm ?ENTITY2) indicates the original company form of a company undergoing a cross border conversion or a national conversion. Company form
has sub procedure owl:ObjectProperty (hasSubProcedure ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that some process ?ENTITY1 contains another (shorter) process ?ENTITY2 that should be completed before ?ENTITY1 can complete. owl:Thing
has transaction input owl:ObjectProperty (hasTransactionInput ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that some company transaction ?ENTITY1 has a prerequisite entity ?ENTITY2 that needs to be considered, assessed, or modified during the transaction referred to by ?ENTITY1. Company
has transaction result owl:ObjectProperty (hasTransactionResult ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that some company transaction ?ENTITY1 has a byproduct ?ENTITY2 (e.g. a company, transaction certificate etc.) after completion of the process. Company
involves country owl:ObjectProperty (involvesCountry ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that some company transaction ?ENTITY1 includes the modification of a company whose place of business is located in the country referred to by ?ENTITY2 Country
reported in owl:ObjectProperty (reportedIn ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that some significant event, process or statement ?ENTITY1 is published or mentioned or declared in writing in some publication, document or database ?ENTITY2. Company transaction notice
requires document owl:ObjectProperty (requiresDocument ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that some significant event or process ?ENTITY1 needs a compulsory document ?ENTITY2 to be submitted and reviewed before the process ?ENTITY1 can be completed. Company mobility document
transaction validated by document owl:ObjectProperty (transactionValidatedByDocument ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that some company transaction ?ENTITY1 went through a process of approval and assessment through various criteria such as veracity, eligibility, legal relevance etc. and a document ?ENTITY2 was produced to prove the satisfaction of the critieria by ?ENTITY1. Company mobility document
Type of SE owl:ObjectProperty Variable indicating the SE-establishment mode: by merger, conversion, holding-SE, subsidiary-SE or unsure Societas Europaea (SE) type
Has document source owl:ObjectProperty In which document did the researcher find information about the transaction? Company mobility document
Data found in registry from country owl:ObjectProperty In which countries' registry did the researcher find information about the transaction? Country
From class Thing
authors owl:ObjectProperty (authors ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that (authoredBy ?ENTITY2 ?ENTITY1) owl:Thing
Cross-border company mobility data provenance relation owl:ObjectProperty (cbcmDataProvenanceRelation ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that the relation between ?ENTITY1 and ?ENTITY2 captures provenance information for company transaction data. owl:Thing
Cross-border company mobility document relation owl:ObjectProperty (cbcmDocumentRelation ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that the relation between ?ENTITY1 and ?ENTITY2 captures information pertaining to a company mobility document or similar information source relevant to corporate mobility. owl:Thing
Cross-border company mobility entity relation owl:ObjectProperty (cbcmEntityRelation ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that ?ENTITY1 is related to ?ENTITY2. owl:Thing
Cross-border company mobility object relation owl:ObjectProperty (cbcmObjectRelation ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that the relation between ?ENTITY1 and ?ENTITY2 captures information pertaining to an object. owl:Thing
Cross-border company mobility organisation relation owl:ObjectProperty (cbcmOrganisationRelation ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that the relation between ?ENTITY1 and ?ENTITY2 captures information pertaining to an organisation. owl:Thing
Cross-border company mobility transaction relation owl:ObjectProperty (cbcmTransactionRelation ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that the relation between ?ENTITY1 and ?ENTITY2 captures information pertaining to a company mobility transaction. owl:Thing
employs owl:ObjectProperty (employs ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means (employedBy ?ENTITY2 ?ENTITY1) owl:Thing
Ended at owl:DatatypeProperty The date and time a process ended dateTime
Example owl:AnnotationProperty Provides a human-readable written example of the entity in question. owl:Thing
Generated owl:ObjectProperty Generation is the completion of production of a new entity by a process. This entity did not exist before generation and becomes available for usage after this generation. Based (inverse of) on: https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/#wasGeneratedBy owl:Thing
has company stakeholder owl:ObjectProperty (hasCompanyStakeholder ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that some entity ?ENTITY1, which is either a significant process or agent has another agent ?ENTITY2 with personal interests in benefiting either financially or otherwise from the outcomes of ?ENTITY1 (if it is an event or process), or in its byproducts and profits (if it is an agent). Agent
has part owl:ObjectProperty (hasPart ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that the entity referred to by ?ENTITY1 has a constituent entity referred to by ?ENTITY2. owl:Thing
has subsidiary company owl:ObjectProperty (hasSubsidiaryCompany ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means (hasParentCompany ?ENTITY2 ?ENTITY1) owl:Thing
involves the change of owl:ObjectProperty (involvesChangeOf ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that the process ?ENTITY1 requires the modification or alteration of the entity or object ?ENTITY2. owl:Thing
is transaction input of owl:ObjectProperty (isTransactionInputOf ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means (hasTransactionInput ?ENTITY2 ?ENTITY1) owl:Thing
is transaction result of owl:ObjectProperty (isTransactionResultOf ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means (hasTransactionResult ?ENTITY2 ?ENTITY1) owl:Thing
iso2code owl:AnnotationProperty -- owl:Thing
located in owl:ObjectProperty (locatedIn ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that some entity ?ENTITY1 occupies the spatial region referred to by ?ENTITY2. owl:Thing
maintained by owl:ObjectProperty (maintainedBy ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that some digital resource ?ENTITY1 (e.g. database, website, document repository etc.) has stewardship by some agent or organisation ?ENTITY2 who is responsible for the upkeep of ?ENTITY1. owl:Thing
maintains owl:ObjectProperty (maintains ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means (maintainedBy ?ENTITY2 ?ENTITY1) owl:Thing
Organization name owl:DatatypeProperty The name of the organization string
owned by owl:ObjectProperty (ownedBy ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that some agent ?ENTITY2 has proprietorship over another object or organisational agent ?ENTITY1. owl:Thing
part of owl:ObjectProperty (partOf ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means (hasPart ?ENTITY2 ?ENTITY1) owl:Thing
Registered Office owl:DatatypeProperty Deprecated property owl:Thing
Requirement level owl:AnnotationProperty Specifies a phrase to indicate the degree to which the providing of a value for the entity (e.g. a data or object property) in question is compulsory, recommended or optional. owl:Thing
source country owl:ObjectProperty (sourceCountry ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that some company transaction ?ENTITY1 has some transaction input (a company) whose place of business is located in the country ?ENTITY2. owl:Thing
target country owl:ObjectProperty (targetCountry ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) means that some company transaction ?ENTITY1 has some transaction result (a company) whose place of business is located in the country ?ENTITY2. owl:Thing
Used owl:ObjectProperty Usage is the beginning of utilizing an entity by an activity. Before usage, the activity had not begun to utilize this entity and could not have been affected by the entity. Based on: https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/#used owl:Thing
Associated with owl:ObjectProperty An activity association is an assignment of responsibility to an agent for a process, indicating that the agent had a role in the activity. Based on: https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/#wasAssociatedWith Agent
Generated by owl:ObjectProperty Generation is the completion of production of a new entity by a process. This entity did not exist before generation and becomes available for usage after this generation. Based on: https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/#wasGeneratedBy owl:Thing
creator owl:AnnotationProperty -- owl:Thing
description owl:AnnotationProperty -- owl:Thing
issued owl:AnnotationProperty -- owl:Thing
modified owl:AnnotationProperty -- owl:Thing
publisher owl:AnnotationProperty -- owl:Thing
rights owl:AnnotationProperty -- owl:Thing
title owl:AnnotationProperty -- owl:Thing
contributor owl:AnnotationProperty -- owl:Thing
description owl:AnnotationProperty -- owl:Thing
license owl:AnnotationProperty -- owl:Thing
term_status owl:AnnotationProperty -- owl:Thing
license owl:AnnotationProperty -- owl:Thing
entityPosition owl:AnnotationProperty -- owl:Thing
entityPositionX owl:AnnotationProperty -- owl:Thing
entityPositionY owl:AnnotationProperty -- owl:Thing
wasAttributedTo owl:AnnotationProperty -- owl:Thing
type owl:AnnotationProperty -- owl:Thing
preferredNamespacePrefix owl:AnnotationProperty -- owl:Thing
preferredNamespaceUri owl:AnnotationProperty -- owl:Thing

Implementation

@prefix cbcm: <http://w3id.org/um/cbcm/eu-cm-ontology#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .

cbcm:CompanyTransaction a owl:Class ;
    rdfs:label "Company transaction"@en ;
    rdfs:comment "An action taken by a company that modifies its corporate structure with a change of control (for e.g. through either a merger, division, conversion or seat transfer in a domestic or cross-border setting). It involves one or more companies, each of which have a company legal form valid in a Member State of the European Union."@en ;
    rdfs:isDefinedBy cbcm: ;
    rdfs:subClassOf [ a owl:Restriction ;
            owl:onProperty cbcm:reportedIn ;
            owl:someValuesFrom cbcm:TransactionNotice ],
        [ a owl:Restriction ;
            owl:onProperty cbcm:hasTransactionResult ;
            owl:someValuesFrom cbcm:Company ],
        [ a owl:Restriction ;
            owl:onProperty cbcm:transactionValidatedByDocument ;
            owl:someValuesFrom cbcm:TransactionCertificate ],
        cbcm:Procedure .