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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-6

…may not be more than five nor exceed one-third of the number of other directors. Any appointment made in breach of this article shall be null and void. This nullity does not entail the nullity of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-43

…d to in the seventh paragraph of article L. 228-1 may be represented by a registered intermediary under the conditions laid down in the said article.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-43-1

…the European Union. An electronic confirmation of receipt of the vote shall be sent to any shareholder who has voted by electronic means of telecommunication or to his proxy. Any shareholder or his p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-44

I.-In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, shareholders who have been registered for at least two years and who together hold at least 5% of the voting rights may form…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-66

Voting rights at general meetings of bondholders belong to the bare owner.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-101

…another company or merges with one or more other companies to form a new company, or carries out a demerger, the holders of securities giving access to the capital shall exercise their rights in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-4

…by way of a merger involving a company governed by French law, is the public prosecutor (procureur de la République).The Public Prosecutor shall act on his own initiative or shall be seized by any pe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-54

…y whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market carries out a capital increase as consideration for securities tendered to a public exchange offer for securities of a company whose shares…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-55

…d paragraph of article L. 22-10-54 may give rise to an injunction in accordance with the procedures defined in articles L. 238-1 and L. 238-6. Decisions taken in violation of Article L. 22-10-53 are n…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-68

Meetings may neither increase the burdens on bondholders nor establish unequal treatment between bondholders of the same body. They may not decide to convert bonds into shares, subject to the provisio…

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