Rivista del Diritto Commerciale e del diritto generale delle Obbligazioni

Abstract: The article reports Prof. Bussoletti’s speech at the conference of the studies in honour of Gustavo Visentini on the quotaholder’s rights of information in limited liability companies. The article analyses in particular the contents, the subjective scope and the limits of the quotaholder’s rights to be informed by the directors on the conduct of social affairs and to consult, also through professionals he trusts, the company’s books and the documents related to the management and to extract copies of the same, in the light of the most significant doctrinal contributions and the most recent case law arrests, also in consideration of the evolution of its regulation. Finally, the article deals with the conditions under which quotaholders are entitled to take legal action to request the issuance of a precautionary act of removal of the directors pursuant to Article 2476, paragraph 3, of the Italian Civil Code, also taking into account the discipline of partnerships, in particular the revocation for just cause of the director provided for in the third paragraph of Article 2259 of the Italian Civil Code, the discipline of removal of the condominium administrator, and Articles 3 and 24 of the Constitution.

Sommario: 1. Società di persone e s.r.l. – 2. L’evoluzione della disciplina in tema di s.r.l. – 3. Ambito soggettivo e oggettivo del diritto di controllo. – 4. Copiabilità e delegabilità versus diritto alla riservatezza. – 5. La revoca cautelare degli amministratori come autonomo diritto di azione. --- * Riproduce, con l’aggiunta dei riferimenti essenziali, la relazione tenuta al convegno di studi in onore di Gustavo Visentini.

Keywords: Quotaholder — Limited Liability Company — Rights of Information — Social Affairs — Rights of Consultation — Company’s Books — Removal — Directors.