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Showing 8190 of 67589 articles for Art. s. L 228-12 and L 228-14 · Arts. R 228-18 and R 228-20

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-72

Failing approval by the general meeting of the proposals referred to in 1° and 4° of I. of article L. 228-65, the board of directors, the management board or the managers of the debtor company may ove…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Non-voting preference shares.

Article L228-35-3

Non-voting preference shares may be created by a capital increase or by conversion of ordinary shares already issued. They may be converted into ordinary shares. Non-voting preferred shares may not re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-73

If the general meeting of bondholders of the company being acquired or divided has not approved, as the case may be, one of the proposals referred to in 3° and 6° of I of Article L. 228-65, the board…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Investment certificates.

Article L228-31

The Extraordinary 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…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Transferable securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities.

Article R228-92

If a company carries out a transaction requiring the application of Article L. 228-99, it shall inform the holders of the rights attached to the securities giving access to the capital concerned by me…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-7-3

The intermediaries referred to in article L. 228-29-7-2 facilitate the exercise by shareholders of their rights, in particular the right to attend and vote at general meetings, in accordance with the…

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

Article R228-29

The commitments provided for in article L. 228-29-2 are brought to the attention of the General Meeting by the manager or the Board of Directors and reproduced in the report of the Supervisory Board o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-1

Shares with a par value less than or equal to an amount set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and not admitted to trading on a regulated market may be consolidated notwithstanding any legislative or sta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue, redemption and conversion of preference shares.

Article R228-22-1

For the application of III of article L. 228-12, the Board of Directors or the Management Board, or by delegation one of the persons mentioned in article L. 225-129-4, shall draw up a buyback notice w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Non-voting preference shares.

Article R228-44

For the application of the third paragraph of article L. 228-35-10, the company shall provide the selling shareholders, in support of its buyback offer, with the justifications and methods for calcula…

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