The repurchase by the specialised finance company of its own shares or debt securities or the issue of new shares or debt securities may be temporarily suspended by the Board of Directors, the Management Board or the company’s senior managers, when exceptional circumstances so require and if the interests of investors or the public so dictate, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the company’s articles of association.
In the same circumstances, where the sale of certain assets would not be in the interests of investors, the other assets may be transferred to a new specialised finance company. In accordance with Article L. 236-21 of the French Commercial Code, the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders of the specialised finance company decides on the demerger. Notwithstanding article L. 225-96 of the same code and 3° of article L. 214-24-31 of this code, this meeting may be held, on first call, without a quorum being required. The demerger shall be declared to the Autorité des marchés financiers without delay. Each investor receives a number of shares and, where applicable, debt securities in the new specialised finance company equal to the number held in the former specialised finance company. The former specialised finance company is put into liquidation as soon as the assets have been transferred. The conditions of application of this paragraph shall be defined by decree.
The General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers shall determine the other cases and the conditions in which the articles of association of the specialised finance company provide, where applicable, for the issue of shares or debt securities to be suspended, in whole or in part, temporarily or permanently.
It also lays down the cases in which, and the conditions under which, the articles of association of the specialised finance company may provide for the repurchase of shares or debt securities to be capped on a temporary basis when exceptional circumstances so require and if the interests of shareholders or the public so dictate.