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Art. 653j399
III. Reducing the share capital 1. Ordinary capital reduction a. Principles 1 The general meeting may pass a resolution on reducing the share capital. The board of directors shall prepare for and carry out the reduction. 2 The capital may be reduced by reducing the nominal value or by cancelling shares. 3 The share capital may only be reduced below 100,000 francs provided it is at the same time increased again at least to this amount. If the share capital is in a foreign currency, it must be replaced by capital with a value equivalent to at least 100,000 francs. 4 An application to register the reduction of the share capital must be filed with the commercial register office within six months of the resolution of the general meeting, otherwise the resolution becomes invalid. 399 Inserted by No I of the FA of 19 June 2020 (Company Law), in force since 1 Jan. 2023 (AS 2020 4005; 2022 109; BBl 2017 399). |