Dissenting board members may call a shareholders' meeting (art. 282 LGS)
Article 282 of the General Companies Law allows dissenting board members (no fewer than one third) to call a shareholders' meeting so it can decide on the matter causing their dissent.
What article 282
Article 282 allows a minority of the supervisory board to call a shareholders' meeting.
Dissenting board members numbering no fewer than one third (1/3) may call the shareholders' meeting so that it may take notice of and decide on the matter causing their dissent.
Source: Law 19,550, art. 282 — InfoLEG (updated official text)
Commentary
It gives voice to the minority of the board: if a third dissents on a serious matter, it can bring it to the shareholders' meeting. It is a control mechanism that prevents the board's majority from silencing important objections.
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