Case of Dispute over the Qualification Recognition of a Company's Anonymous Shareholder
A hidden shareholder refers to an individual who, in order to evade legal obligations or for other reasons, establishes a company or invests in a company using another person's name, while the articles of association, shareholder register, and business registration record the investor as someone else.
[Basic Case Facts]
In March 2004, the plaintiff Wu Xun and defendants Wu Yixin, Wu Yaping, Zhang Jianhua, Lu Yiwei, and Xu Jiachun agreed to jointly establish Sanxie Company; on March 7, 2004, and on August 10 and 18, 2004, the plaintiff contributed a total of 170,000 RMB in three installments; on August 10, 2004, the six investors signed to confirm their respective subscribed capital contributions.
