Change of Share Capital

Throughout a company’s life cycle, its share capital may be increased or reduced.

Share capital increase or reduction is, as a general rule, decided by the partners in the general meeting.

The online service is only available to Sole Quotaholder Private Limited Companies, Private Limited Companies and Public Limited Companies.

Who can request

Company’s representative

Company’s manager, administrator or secretary

Legal professionals

Lawyer, notary, solicitor

Company’s Procuration holder

i.e, person granted with powers to carry out the registry

How to request

Before completing the request, please check if the company’s submission of accounts registry is updated. Otherwise, the registry to change the share capital will be refused.

To change the share capital, you will need:

identification document of the person making the request
to identify the company and the position held
corporate deliberation approving the change of share capital (i.e.: Minutes of the General Meeting or Minutes or the Administration Body, deed, private document, written unanimous deliberation)
complete and updated memorandum of association
approved financial statement
list of partners
declaration of the administration/inspection bodies
statutory Auditor’s report, if there are capital inflows other than cash
declaration of a certified accountant, in case of conversion of loans into share capital increase;
favourable opinion from the Fiscal Board or the General Board, in case of a Public Limited Company and if the increase is carried out by the Administration Body
legal diploma.

You may need to submit other documents, depending on the specifics of your request.

If the documents are not written in Portuguese, you need to add their translation.

How to request online

Access the online service
Select means of authentication: Citizen card, Digital Mobile key, Digital certificate of legal professionals, European Authentication (eIDAS)
Complete the form and attach the necessary documents
Make the payment using the ATM reference.

Payment must be completed within 5 consecutive days from the date of its submission

When to request

Within 2 months following the deliberation of the general meeting on the change of share capital.

Whenever it exceeds, there will be an additional cost.

How much does it cost

Tipo de pedido	Serviço presencial	Serviço online
Regular request	225,00 EUR	191,25 EUR
Urgent request	550,00 EUR	416,25 EUR

Where to request

Online

In person, at a register office, or by post.

What happens next

After submitting the request:

We provide the billing document
The billing document is sent to your email.
If the request is submitted in person at a registry service desk, the billing document will be delivered to you at the time or sent by post.

We start processing your request
The request will be reviewed and if there are no non-conformities, the registry is approved.
If the registry is successfully completed, you receive an email with the access code to the company’s electronic card. Later on, you will also receive the physical card, free of charge.
If there are non-conformities in the request, you will be notified and have 5 consecutive days to correct them. Correction of non-conformities has an additional cost of 30,00 EUR.
If you do not correct the request in due time, the registry might be provisionally approved or refused.
Requests by post, also receive documents by post.

Automatic Communication
The registry for the change of share capital is automatically communicated to Social Security and Tax authorithies.