In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the General Meeting may provide that the capital increase that it decides or authorises pursuant to article L. 225-135 includes a priority subscription period for shareholders, the minimum duration of which is set by decree by the Conseil d’Etat. It may also delegate to the Board of Directors or the Management Board the power to assess whether it is appropriate to provide for such a period and, if so, to set this period under the same conditions.
In the case of the immediate or deferred issue of equity securities without pre-emptive subscription rights by way of a public offer, which are equivalent to the company’s equity securities admitted to trading on a regulated market, by way of exception to the third paragraph of Article L. 225-135, the meeting of the companies referred to in the first paragraph which decides on this capital increase shall not decide on the basis of a report by the statutory auditors.