A société de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable may be formed by cash contributions, contributions in kind of real estate assets mentioned in article L. 214-36, mergers or demergers. It may also be formed through mergers, demergers or conversions of non-trading property investment companies.
Contributions in kind may be made to a société de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable after its incorporation, in particular in the event of a merger with a société civile de placement immobilier or another société de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable, or when a société civile de placement immobilier transfers part of its assets to it by way of a demerger.
The payment of contributions and, after the formation of the company, subscriptions for shares may not be made by offsetting liquid and due claims against the company.
The Statutory Auditor shall be responsible for assessing the value of any contribution in kind, in the light of the valuation carried out by two external valuation experts appointed by the Management Company. The auditor’s report is attached to the Articles of Association and filed with the court registry. The Articles of Association contain the valuation of contributions in kind made at the time of incorporation of the open-ended property investment company. Contributions in kind made during the life of the company are disclosed to the shareholders under the conditions defined by the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers. The articles of association may not provide for any special advantages. A decree of the Conseil d’Etat shall determine the conditions of application of this paragraph.
The General Regulations of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers shall set the terms and conditions of contributions made both at the time of incorporation and during the life of the company, where applicable by way of derogation from the second paragraph of Article L. 225-128 of the Commercial Code.