I. Any shareholder may vote by post, using a form, the details of which are set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. Any provisions of the Articles of Association to the contrary shall be deemed to be unwritten.
For the purposes of calculating the quorum, only forms that have been received by the company before the General Meeting, within the time limits set by decree of the Conseil d’Etat, shall be taken into account. Forms giving no voting direction or expressing an abstention are not considered as votes cast.
II. If the Articles of Association so provide, shareholders who take part in the meeting by videoconference or by means of telecommunication that enable them to be identified and whose nature and conditions of application are determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat, shall be deemed to be present for the purposes of calculating the quorum and majority.
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