I.-The General Meeting is convened by the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be.
II.-Failing this, the General Meeting may also be convened:
1° By the statutory auditors;
2° By an agent, appointed by the courts, at the request either of any interested party in an emergency, or of one or more shareholders holding at least 5% of the share capital, or of a shareholders’ association meeting the conditions set out in Article L. 225-120;
3° By liquidators;
4° By shareholders holding a majority of the share capital or voting rights after a public tender or exchange offer or after a transfer of a controlling block.
III.-In companies subject to articles L. 225-57 to L. 225-93, the general meeting may be convened by the supervisory board.
IV.-The preceding provisions apply to special meetings. Shareholders acting by appointment of a court-appointed agent must bring together at least one-twentieth of the shares of the relevant class.
V.-Unless otherwise stipulated in the Articles of Association, shareholders’ meetings are held at the registered office or at any other location in the same département.