Notwithstanding Titles II and III of Book II and Title II of Book VIII of the French Commercial Code, the following provisions apply to SICAVs:
1° Shares must be fully paid up as soon as they are issued;
2° Any contribution in kind is assessed by the statutory auditor under his responsibility;
3° Ordinary general meetings may be held without a quorum being required; the same applies to extraordinary general meetings on second call;
4° The same natural person may simultaneously hold five offices as managing director, member of the management board or sole managing director of a SICAV in the form of a société anonyme with its registered office in France. The offices of managing director, member of the management board or sole managing director held within a SICAV are not taken into account for the purposes of the cumulative holding rules set out in Book II of the Commercial Code;
5° The offices of permanent representative of a legal entity on the board of directors or supervisory board of a SICAV are not taken into account for the purposes of Articles L. 225-21, L. 225-77 and L. 225-94-1 of the Commercial Code;
6° The Board of Directors, the Management Board or, where the SICAV is a simplified joint stock company, the managers of that company appoint the statutory auditor for six financial years, after obtaining the agreement of the Autorité des marchés financiers. The appointment of an alternate auditor is not required. The provisions of article L. 823-3-1 of the Commercial Code are applicable to SICAVs governed by the provisions of III of article L. 820-1 of the same code;
7° Distributable income is paid out within one month of the General Meeting at which the accounts for the financial year are approved;
8° An Extraordinary General Meeting which resolves on a conversion, merger or demerger empowers the Board of Directors, the Management Board or, where the SICAV is a simplified joint stock company, the managers of that company, to value the assets and determine the exchange ratio on a date which it shall set; these transactions are carried out under the supervision of the auditor, without it being necessary to appoint a merger auditor; the General Meeting is not required to approve the accounts if they are certified by the auditor;
9° In the event of a capital increase, shareholders do not have pre-emptive rights to subscribe for the new shares;
10° The Articles of Association contain the valuation of contributions in kind. This is done in the light of a report appended to the Articles of Association, which is drawn up under the responsibility of the Statutory Auditor; the Articles of Association may not provide for any special benefits;
11° The Annual General Meeting is held within five months of the end of the financial year.