partnership limited by shares

A partnership limited by shares is a hybrid between a partnership and a limited liability company.

KGaA", a partnership limited by shares (KGaA).

Dar Al-Arkan increased its capital to SR5.4 billion (US$1.4 billion) through a private placement in the domestic market in 2004 while converting to a partnership limited by shares.

Five years later, Trinkaus & Burkhardt converted to a partnership limited by shares (Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien - KGaA) and listed on the stock exchange.

Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien - abbreviated KGaA - is a German corporate designation standing for 'partnership limited by shares', a form of corporate organization roughly equivalent to a master limited partnership.

The company changed its legal status once again on January 28, 2011, becoming a Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (KGaA - German partnership limited by shares) with a Societas Europaea as a partner with unlimited liability (SE & Co.