Chapter III · Shares · Section V · Non-voting preference shares

Article 343 Attendance at the general meeting

Artigo 343.º · Participação na assembleia geral

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

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1. If the articles of association do not allow shareholders without voting rights to attend the general meeting, the holders of non-voting preference shares of the same issue are represented at the meeting by one of their number.

1 - Se o contrato de sociedade não permitir que os acionistas sem direito de voto participem na assembleia geral, os titulares de ações preferenciais sem direito de voto de uma mesma emissão são representados na assembleia por um deles.

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2. Article 358 applies, with the necessary adaptations, to the appointment and removal of the common representative.

2 - À designação e destituição do representante comum aplica-se, com as necessárias adaptações, o disposto no artigo 358.º

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Representation of each issue by one holder where attendance is not permitted, and the application of Article 358 to the common representative, are 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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