5. Protection of beneficiaries of conversion or option rights
1 A creditor or employee who holds a conversion or option right to acquire registered shares may not be barred from exercising that right on account of restrictions on the transferability of registered shares, unless this possibility is reserved in the articles of association and the issue prospectus.
2 Conversion or option rights may be adversely affected by a share capital increase, by the issue of new conversion or option rights, or in some other manner only if the conversion price is lowered or the beneficiaries are granted some other form of adequate compensation or if the shareholders suffer the same adverse effect.
1 Inserted by No I of the FA of 4 Oct. 1991, in force since 1 July 1992 (AS 1992 733; BBl 1983 II 745).
2. Limites
1 Le montant nominal dont le capital-actions peut être augmenté conditionnellement ne doit pas dépasser la moitié du capital-actions existant.
2 L’apport effectué doit correspondre au moins à la valeur nominale.
1 Introduit par le ch. I de la LF du 4 oct. 1991, en vigueur depuis le 1er juil. 1992 (RO 1992 733; FF 1983 II 757).
