What is Drag-Along Rights?
Договорное право мажоритарных акционеров или инвесторов принудить миноритариев присоединиться к продаже всего объекта или компании на тех же условиях.
Description
Drag-along rights give majority investors (typically holding 65% to 75%+) the ability to compel minority investors to sell their stake on the same terms in a sale of the entire asset or company. This prevents minority holders from blocking a deal that the majority wants to proceed with.
Drag-along rights are standard in real estate joint venture agreements and co-investment structures. They ensure liquidity by preventing a minority investor from holding up a profitable exit. The counterpart is tag-along rights, which protect minorities by ensuring they can participate in any sale on the same terms.
In real estate investment, this concept directly affects return calculations and due diligence analysis for any property acquisition.
How to interpret
When entering any co-investment or JV structure, understand both the drag-along provisions and their counterpart, tag-along rights. Drag-along protects the majority who want to exit. Tag-along protects the minority who want to participate in a sale on equal terms. Negotiating both into a co-investment agreement protects all parties fairly.
As a minority investor, pay particular attention to the pricing mechanism in drag-along clauses. Some provisions allow the majority to drag you at any price they accept; others require the price to meet a minimum threshold or be determined by an independent valuer. The specific drafting of these terms determines whether you receive fair value in a forced exit.
Контекст рынка Дубая
In DIFC-governed real estate JVs, drag-along provisions are standard. The threshold for triggering drag-along, the pricing mechanism, and any minority protections are heavily negotiated. Without drag-along rights, selling a property held in a multi-party SPV can become practically impossible if any investor objects.
Frequently asked questions
A contractual provision allowing majority shareholders or investors to force minority holders to join in the sale of an entire property or company, ensuring a clean exit can be achieved.
Drag-along rights give majority investors (typically holding 65% to 75%+) the ability to compel minority investors to sell their stake on the same terms in a sale of the entire asset or company. This prevents minority holders from blocking a deal that the majority wants to proceed with.
When entering any co-investment or JV structure, understand both the drag-along provisions and their counterpart, tag-along rights. Drag-along protects the majority who want to exit.
In DIFC-governed real estate JVs, drag-along provisions are standard. The threshold for triggering drag-along, the pricing mechanism, and any minority protections are heavily negotiated.
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They ensure liquidity by preventing a minority investor from holding up a profitable exit. The counterpart is tag-along rights, which protect minorities by ensuring they can participate in any sale on the same terms.
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