Federal Act
on the Amendment of the Swiss Civil Code
(Part Five: The Code of Obligations)

¹ Any com­pany mem­ber may re­quest the man­aging dir­ect­ors to provide in­form­a­tion on any com­pany mat­ter.

² Un­less the com­pany has an ex­tern­al aud­it­or, com­pany mem­bers have un­res­tric­ted ac­cess to the com­pany ledgers and files.⁶⁸⁵ If the com­pany has an ex­tern­al aud­it­or, the books and files may be in­spec­ted only if a le­git­im­ate in­terest is cred­ibly demon­strated.

³ If there is a risk that a com­pany mem­ber may use the in­form­a­tion ob­tained for non-com­pany pur­poses that may be det­ri­ment­al to the com­pany, the man­aging dir­ect­ors may re­fuse to provide in­form­a­tion and al­low ac­cess to the ex­tent re­quired; if the com­pany mem­ber so re­quests, the mem­bers’ gen­er­al meet­ing de­cides on the mat­ter.

⁴ If the mem­bers’ gen­er­al meet­ing re­fuses to provide in­form­a­tion or al­low ac­cess without jus­ti­fic­a­tion, the court may is­sue the rel­ev­ant or­der at the re­quest of the com­pany mem­ber.