1. Independently of any claim for compensation for individual losses caused to them, one or more members holding at least 5% of the share capital, or 2% in the case of a company issuing shares admitted to trading on a regulated market, may bring proceedings to enforce the company’s liability claim against managers or directors to obtain compensation for the company for the loss it has suffered, where the company has not sought that compensation itself.
1 - Independentemente do pedido de indemnização dos danos individuais que lhes tenham causado, podem um ou vários sócios que possuam, pelo menos, 5% do capital social, ou 2% no caso de sociedade emitente de acções admitidas à negociação em mercado regulamentado, propor acção social de responsabilidade contra gerentes ou administradores, com vista à reparação, a favor da sociedade, do prejuízo que esta tenha sofrido, quando a mesma a não haja solicitado.
2. In their common interest and at their own expense, the members may entrust one or more of their number with representing them for the purpose of exercising the company's right provided for in the preceding paragraph.
2 - Os sócios podem, no interesse comum, encarregar, à sua custa, um ou alguns deles de os representar para o efeito do exercício do direito social previsto no número anterior.
3. The loss of membership or withdrawal from the proceedings by one or more of the members referred to in the preceding paragraphs during the proceedings does not prevent their continuation.
3 - O facto de um ou vários sócios referidos nos números anteriores perderem tal qualidade ou desistirem, no decurso da instância, não obsta ao prosseguimento desta.
4. Where proceedings to enforce the company’s liability claim are brought by one or more members under the preceding paragraphs, the company must be joined to the proceedings through its representatives.
4 - Quando a acção social de responsabilidade for proposta por um ou vários sócios nos termos dos números anteriores, deve a sociedade ser chamada à causa por intermédio dos seus representantes.
5. If the defendant alleges that the claimant brought the proceedings provided for in this Article primarily to pursue interests other than those protected by law, the defendant may request a preliminary decision on that issue or that the claimant provide security.
5 - Se o réu alegar que o autor propôs a acção prevista neste artigo para prosseguir fundamentalmente interesses diversos dos protegidos por lei, pode requerer que sobre a questão assim suscitada recaia decisão prévia ou que o autor preste caução.
The general 5% and listed-company 2% thresholds remain distinct; relief is for the company, separate from personal damages.
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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.