Capital depreciation
The shareholders’ meeting can decide to reduce the subscribed capital by the cancellation of 
					
					
					
					share
					
					The portion of registered capital of a private or public limited company 
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					shares (
					
					
					
					share
					
					The portion of registered capital of a private or public limited company 
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					stocks) or by reduction of the number of shares (stocks) by amendment of the 
					
					
					
					articles of association
					
					A document, drawn up when a Company or legal person is set up, and which regulates the operations of the company and defines its purpose.
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					Articles of Association. This is called capital depreciation. The decision must indicate to which shares (stocks) it relates to and the manner of implementation of the decision.
Subscribed capital is the capital of a Limited company that is issued by the limited company and which is provided to the company by the shareholders. The shareholders have received shares (stocks) in return.
