Questão jurídica principal
Whether a shareholder represented on the board must first exercise the board-member information right under Art. 715a OR before requesting a special audit.
Decisão extraída
No. Art. 697a OR refers only to the shareholder's own information and inspection rights under Art. 697 OR, not to the broader board-member right under Art. 715a OR.
Fundamentação extraída
The special audit is a subsidiary shareholder remedy, but the statutory wording, structure, purpose, and confidentiality regime show that only the shareholder control rights under Art. 697 OR must be exhausted. A board member's separate access to information serves a different function and cannot be added as a precondition without textual or doctrinal support.