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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-5

…urities 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 and pledges…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L228-29-8

No new securities may be issued pursuant to the articles of this section with the exception of those issued pursuant to decisions of general meetings prior to the entry into force of the ordonnance n°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-4

…s of securities do not have the free administration of their property, the request to exchange the old securities and the purchases or sales of fractional shares necessary to carry out the consolidati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-36-A

Companies limited by shares may issue any debt securities under the terms of this Book and any other debt securities under the terms of the Articles of Association or, where applicable, the issue agre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-60-1

…eeting are recorded in minutes, signed by the officers and kept at the registered office in a special register. The particulars that must be included in the attendance sheet and the minutes are determ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholder default.

Article R228-26

The period referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 228-29 is thirty days from the formal notice provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 228-27.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Reverse split of shares not admitted to trading on a regulated market.

Article R228-28

Decisions by general meetings of shareholders, relating to the consolidation of shares, provided for in articles L. 228-29-1 and L. 228-29-2, are taken, under the conditions laid down for amending the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article R228-4

The transmission deadlines referred to in Articles L. 228-2 and L. 228-3 are specified in 6. of Article 9 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 of 3 September 2018.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article R228-5

…who provide one or more of the services for identifying the owners of securities mentioned in articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 publish on their website the fees associated with each type of service

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Reverse split of shares not admitted to trading on a regulated market.

Article R228-30

The period provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 228-29-3 is two years from the initial date of the consolidation transactions. Shareholders who have given the undertaking provided for in…

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