Chapter IV · Bonds · Section II · Types of bonds

Article 372-A Bonds with warrants

Artigo 372.º-A · Obrigações com warrant

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

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1. Public limited companies may issue bonds with warrants.

1 - As sociedades anónimas podem emitir obrigações com warrant.

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2. The shares created by exercise of the warrant may be ordinary or preference shares, with or without voting rights.

2 - As ações criadas por exercício do warrant podem ser ordinárias ou preferenciais, com ou sem direito de voto.

What we checked in this article

The power of public limited companies to issue bonds with warrants and the ordinary/preference and voting/non-voting options for the resulting shares 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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