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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article L228-35-5

When the priority dividends due in respect of three financial years have not been paid in full, the holders of the corresponding shares acquire, in proportion to the percentage of the capital represen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-29-5

The new securities have the same characteristics and confer, ipso jure and without the performance of any formality, the same rights in rem or claims as the old securities they replace. Rights in rem…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-3-5

Any contractual stipulation whose purpose or effect is to limit the disclosure of information pursuant to articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 is deemed unwritten.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-59

…any's salaried employees provided for in the third sentence of the second paragraph of Article L. 225-197-1 is not applicable to companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market. I…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-51

…eeting may provide that the capital increase that it decides or authorises pursuant to article L. 225-135 includes a priority subscription period for shareholders, the minimum duration of which is set…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-50

…n, as part of a capital increase, the securities referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 225-130 are admitted to trading on a regulated market or to the operations of a central depository, th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-53

…ity securities or securities giving access to the capital, where the provisions of Article L. 22-10-54 do not apply. The Board of Directors or the Management Board shall decide in accordance with the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-5

The provisions of article L. 225-23, relating to the election of employee shareholders to the board of directors, are applicable to companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-54

The provisions of articles L. 225-147 and L. 22-10-53 are not applicable in the event that a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market carries out a capital increase as consid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-55

The reports and formalities referred to in articles L. 22-10-52, L. 22-10-53 and in the second paragraph of article L. 22-10-54 may give rise to an injunction in accordance with the procedures defined…

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