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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Investment certificates.

Article L228-33

In the event of a free distribution of shares, new preference shares without voting rights and with the same rights as the investment certificates must be created and delivered free of charge to the o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Investment certificates.

Article L228-35

…s they own, a preferential right to their irreducible subscription. Their special meeting, convened and ruling in accordance with the rules of the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, may wa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Investment certificates.

Article L228-34

…ved for employees on the basis of article L. 225-138-1, new preference shares without voting rights and with the same rights as the investment certificates are issued in such numbers that the proporti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Investment certificates.

Article L228-32

Holders of investment certificates may obtain access to company documents under the same conditions as shareholders.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Investment certificates.

Article L228-31

…traordinary General Meeting of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market and whose existing investment certificates represent no more than 1% of the share capital may decide…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Investment certificates.

Article L228-30

…on the basis of the report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, and that of the statutory auditors, to create, in a proportion which may not exceed one quarter of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Investment certificates.

Article R228-35

The right to participate in the special meeting of holders of investment certificates may be subject to the same conditions as those which may be imposed by the company on its shareholders in accordan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Investment certificates.

Article R228-37

…right to access company documents under the conditions set out in articles L. 225-115 to L. 225-118 and in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 225-88 to R. 225-94.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Investment certificates.

Article R228-36

…tation at the special meeting of an investment certificate holder is governed by articles R. 225-79 and R. 225-81, with the exception of the provisions of these articles relating to electronic voting.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Investment certificates.

Article R228-34

…to waive preferential subscription rights shall be held before the general meeting of shareholders and, where applicable, before the special meeting of holders of non-voting preference shares provide…

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