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

Article L225-135

…wer or authority under the conditions provided for in Articles L. 225-129-1 or L. 225-129-2, may cancel preferential subscription rights for the entire capital increase or for one or more tranches of…

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

Article L225-128

…emerger. They may also be paid up following the exercise of a right attached to securities giving access to the capital including, where applicable, the payment of the corresponding sums.

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

Article L225-129

…pital increases to be carried out following the exercise of a right attached to a security giving access to the capital or following the exercise of options provided for in Article L. 225-177 or as a…

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

Article L225-130

…as well as the distribution of the sums from this sale to the holders of the rights, shall take place within a period set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.A capital increase by increasing the nominal…

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

Article L225-132

…at.Shareholders may waive their preferential right individually.The decision to convert the preference shares entails the waiver by shareholders of their preferential right to subscribe for the shares…

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

Article L225-127

The share capital is increased either by issuing ordinary shares or preference shares, or by increasing the nominal amount of existing equity securities. It may also be increased by the exercise of ri…

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

Article L225-143

The subscription contract for equity securities or securities giving access to the capital is evidenced by a subscription form, drawn up under the conditions determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat…

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

Article L225-138

…ore named persons or categories of persons meeting specific characteristics. To this end, it may cancel preferential subscription rights. The persons named as beneficiaries of this provision may not t…

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

Article L225-150

The voting rights and dividend rights of shares or share denominations issued in breach of this subsection shall be suspended until the situation is regularised. Any vote cast or dividend payment made…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-183

The Extraordinary General Meeting sets the period during which the options must be exercised. The rights resulting from the options granted are non-transferable until the option has been exercised. In…

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