The provisions of articles L. 225-147 and L. 22-10-53 are not applicable in the event that a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market carries out a capital increase as consideration for securities tendered to a public exchange offer for securities of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
The capital increase takes place under the conditions provided for in articles L. 225-129 to L. 225-129-6 and article L. 22-10-49. However, the statutory auditors must express their opinion on the terms and consequences of the issue in the prospectus distributed at the time of the issue and in their report to the first ordinary general meeting following the issue.
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