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Part 8 · Dissolution and declaration of the company’s nullity  ›  Division 1 · Dissolution › Section 262

Reasons for dissolving the company

(1) The stock corporation is dissolved

1.  by expiry of the time determined in the by-laws;

2.  by resolution adopted by the general meeting; this requires a majority of at least three quarters of the capital stock represented at the time such resolution is adopted; the by-laws may stipulate a greater majority ratio of capital and may impose further requirements;

3.  by the opening of insolvency proceedings for the assets of the company;

4.  upon the court order becoming final and binding by which the opening of insolvency proceedings is refused for insufficiency of assets;

5.  upon the direction issued by the court of registration becoming final and binding by which a deficiency of the by-laws has been established pursuant to section 399 of the Act on Proceedings in Family Matters and in Matters of Non-contentious Jurisdiction;

6.  by striking the company from the register for lack of assets pursuant to section 394 of the Act on Proceedings in Family Matters and in Matters of Non-contentious Jurisdiction.

(2) This Division applies also if the stock corporation is dissolved on other grounds.

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