Müller (German trade company) then opened another 86 outlets by 1990. Since then the company has expanded in Europe. Müller has more than 34,000 employees. In 2010 the company earned revenues of 2.42 billion Euro. Erwin Müller and Elke Menold are General Managers of the company. In 2004, the company was transformed into a Limited & Co. KG (a hybrid of the English cognate of the German GmbH and the German word "Compagnie Kommanditgesellschaft", meaning "limited partnership") when the company registered under English law in London. By October 2017 Müller had a total of 812 outlets in 7 European countries: Müller is primarily a
Interest of the company may nonetheless be ratified by the shareholders of the company, and will thereby be binding upon the company, see for example under English law, "Multinational Gas and Petrochemical Co v Multinational Gas and Petrochemical Services Ltd" [1983] Ch 258. The rule is generally seen to be particularly harsh towards both third parties and against directors, who could be regarded as being in breach of their duty merely by acting with what others might regard as common human decency. Where the company's property could not be recovered from the third party, the directors would be personally liable to recompense the company.