Chapter VIII · Amendments to the articles of association · Section II · Capital increases

Article 91 Increase by capitalisation of reserves

Artigo 91.º · Aumento por incorporação de reservas

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

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1. The company may increase its capital by capitalising reserves available for that purpose.

1 - A sociedade pode aumentar o seu capital por incorporação de reservas disponíveis para o efeito.

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2. Such an increase may be carried out only after approval of the accounts for the financial year preceding the resolution; however, if more than six months have elapsed since that approval, the existence of the reserves to be capitalised may be established only by a special balance sheet prepared and approved in accordance with the rules applicable to the annual balance sheet.

2 - Este aumento de capital só pode ser realizado depois de aprovadas as contas do exercício anterior à deliberação, mas, se já tiverem decorrido mais de seis meses sobre essa aprovação, a existência de reservas a incorporar só pode ser aprovada por um balanço especial, organizado e aprovado nos termos prescritos para o balanço anual.

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3. The company's capital may not be increased by capitalisation of reserves until all instalments of the initial or increased capital have fallen due.

3 - O capital da sociedade não pode ser aumentado por incorporação de reservas enquanto não estiverem vencidas todas as prestações do capital, inicial ou aumentado.

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4. The resolution must expressly state:

4 - A deliberação deve mencionar expressamente:

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a) The method of increasing the capital;

a) A modalidade do aumento do capital;

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b) The amount of the increase;

b) O montante do aumento do capital;

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c) The reserves to be incorporated into the capital.

c) As reservas que serão incorporadas no capital.

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5. The preceding paragraphs do not apply while any company restructuring proceedings provided for in the Insolvency and Company Recovery Code are pending.

5 - O disposto nos números anteriores não é aplicável durante a pendência de qualquer processo de reestruturação de empresas previsto no Código da Insolvência e da Recuperação de Empresas.

What we checked in this article

Available reserves, six-month balance-sheet condition, instalments having fallen due and the restructuring exception 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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