OR Art. 653c -
Einleitung zur Rechtsnorm OR:
The Swiss Code of Obligations is a central code of Swiss civil law that regulates the legal relationships between private individuals. It includes five books that cover various aspects of contract law, law of obligations and property law, including the formation, content and termination of contracts, as well as liability for breach of contract and tort. The Code of Obligations is an important code of law for business and everyday life in Switzerland, as it forms the basis for many legal relationships and contracts and has been in force since 1912, whereby it is regularly adapted to social and economic developments.
Art. 653c OR from 2025
Art. 653c Protection of shareholders (1)
1 If the shareholders are granted option rights in connection with contingent capital, the rules on the subscription right in the case of an ordinary capital increase apply mutatis mutandis.
2 If bonds or similar debt instruments to which conversion or option rights attach are issued in connection with contingent capital, they must be offered first to the shareholders for subscription in proportion to the shareholders’ existing participations.
3 This priority subscription right may be restricted or cancelled if: 1. there is good cause; or 2. the shares listed on a stock exchange and the bonds or similar debt instruments are issued subject to appropriate conditions.
4 No one may gain an undue advantage or suffer an undue disadvantage as a result of the restriction or cancellation of the subscription right or the priority subscription right.
(1) Inserted by No I of the FA of 4 Oct. 1991 ([AS 1992 733]; [BBl 1983 II 745]). Amended 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]).
Es besteht kein Anspruch auf Aktualität und Vollständigkeit/Richtigkeit.
