I.-A shareholder may be represented by another shareholder, by his spouse or by the partner with whom he has entered into a civil solidarity pact.
II.-The mandate and, where applicable, its revocation shall be in writing and communicated to the company. The conditions for the application of this paragraph are specified by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
III.-Before each General Meeting of shareholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, may organise a consultation of the shareholders referred to in Article L. 225-102 in order to allow them to appoint one or more proxies to represent them at the general meeting in accordance with the provisions of this article.
This consultation is mandatory when, the Articles of Association having been amended pursuant to article L. 225-23 or article L. 225-71, the Ordinary General Meeting must appoint to the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board, as the case may be, one or more employee shareholders or members of the Supervisory Boards of company investment funds holding shares in the company.
This consultation is also compulsory when the Extraordinary General Meeting must decide on an amendment to the Articles of Association pursuant to Article L. 225-23 or Article L. 225-71.
Clauses contrary to the provisions of the preceding paragraphs are deemed to be unwritten.
For any proxy given by a shareholder without indicating a proxy holder, the Chairman of the General Meeting shall cast a vote in favour of the adoption of the draft resolutions presented or approved by the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, and a vote against the adoption of all other draft resolutions. To cast any other vote, the shareholder must choose a proxy who agrees to vote in the manner indicated by the principal.