Division Three: Commercial Enterprises and the Cooperative278
Twenty-Sixth title:295 The Company Limited by Shares
Section One: General Provisions
D. Content of the articles of association prescribed by law310

Art. 626311

1 The articles of association must contain provisions concerning:

1.

the business name and seat of the company;

2.

the objects of the company;

 3.[312](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317%5F321%5F377/en#fn-d8e18593) 

 the total share capital, its currency, and the extent to which it is paid up;

4.

the number, nominal value and types of shares;

 5\. and 6.[313](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317%5F321%5F377/en#fn-d8e18621) 

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 the form of the company’s communications with its shareholders.

2 In a company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, the articles of association must also contain provisions on:

1.

 the number of activities that the members of the board of directors, the executive board and the board of advisors may carry out in comparable positions in other undertakings with commercial objects;

2.

 the maximum term of the contracts that govern the remuneration of members of the board of directors, the executive board and the board of advisors, and the maximum notice of termination for unlimited contracts (Art. 735_b_);

3.

 the principles on the duties and responsibilities of the remuneration committee;

4.

 the details of the vote of the general meeting on the remuneration of the board of directors, the executive board and of the board of advisors.[315](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317%5F321%5F377/en#fn-d8e18688) 

3 Other undertakings in terms of paragraph 2 number 1 do not include undertakings that are controlled by the company or that control the company.[316](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317%5F321%5F377/en#fn-d8e18711)  

[311](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317%5F321%5F377/en#fnbck-d8e18563) Amended by No I of the FA of 4 Oct. 1991, in force since 1 July 1992 ([AS **1992** 733](eli/oc/1992/733%5F733%5F733/en);[BBl **1983** II 745](eli/fga/1983/2%5F745%5F757%5F713/en)).

[312](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317%5F321%5F377/en#fnbck-d8e18593) Amended by No I of the FA of 19 June 2020 (Company Law), in force since 1 Jan. 2023 ([AS **2020** 4005](eli/oc/2020/746/en); [**2022** 109](eli/oc/2022/109/en);[BBl **2017** 399](eli/fga/2017/112/en)).

[313](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317%5F321%5F377/en#fnbck-d8e18621) Repealed by No I of the FA of 19 June 2020 (Company Law), with effect from 1 Jan. 2023 ([AS **2020** 4005](eli/oc/2020/746/en); [**2022** 109](eli/oc/2022/109/en);[BBl **2017** 399](eli/fga/2017/112/en)).

[314](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317%5F321%5F377/en#fnbck-d8e18646) Amended by No I of the FA of 19 June 2020 (Company Law), in force since 1 Jan. 2023 ([AS **2020** 4005](eli/oc/2020/746/en); [**2022** 109](eli/oc/2022/109/en);[BBl **2017** 399](eli/fga/2017/112/en)).

[315](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317%5F321%5F377/en#fnbck-d8e18688) Inserted by No I of the FA of 19 June 2020 (Company Law), in force since 1 Jan. 2023 ([AS **2020** 4005](eli/oc/2020/746/en); [**2022** 109](eli/oc/2022/109/en);[BBl **2017** 399](eli/fga/2017/112/en)).

[316](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317%5F321%5F377/en#fnbck-d8e18711) Inserted by No I of the FA of 19 June 2020 (Company Law), in force since 1 Jan. 2023 ([AS **2020** 4005](eli/oc/2020/746/en); [**2022** 109](eli/oc/2022/109/en);[BBl **2017** 399](eli/fga/2017/112/en)).