In joint stock companies, the Articles of Association may provide that the General Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the financial year may grant each shareholder, in respect of all or part of the dividend or interim dividend distributed, an option between payment of the dividend or interim dividend in cash or in shares.
Where there are different classes of shares, the General Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the financial year has the option of deciding that the shares subscribed for will be of the same class as the shares that gave entitlement to the dividend or interim dividend.
The offer of payment of the dividend or interim dividend in shares must be made simultaneously to all shareholders.