Chapter II · Duties and rights of shareholders · Section III · Right to information

Article 293 Other holders of the right to information

Artigo 293.º · Outros titulares do direito à informação

Código das Sociedades Comerciais · Decree-Law No. 262/86 · consolidated text checked 26 October 2026

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The right to information conferred by this Section also belongs to the common representative of bondholders and to the usufructuary and the pledgee of shares where, by law or agreement, they are entitled to exercise the voting right.

O direito à informação conferido nesta secção compete também ao representante comum de obrigacionistas e ainda ao usufrutuário e ao credor pignoratício de acções quando, por lei ou convenção, lhes caiba exercer o direito de voto.

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The extension of the right to the common representative of bondholders, and to usufructuaries and pledgees only where they hold the voting right, is retained.

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Unofficial English translation prepared by BCA Portugal for reference. Only the Portuguese text published in the Diário da República has legal force. Editorial notes are ours and are not part of the statute.

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