Shares carry a pre-emptive right to subscribe for capital increases.
Shareholders have, in proportion to the amount of their shares, a pre-emptive right to subscribe for cash shares issued to carry out a capital increase.
When the pre-emptive right is not detached from negotiable shares, it is transferable under the same conditions as the share itself. Otherwise, this right is negotiable for a period equal to that of the exercise of the subscription right by the shareholders, but which begins before the opening of the stock market and ends before its closure. The information provided to shareholders regarding the terms and conditions for exercising and negotiating their preferential right shall be specified by decree of the Conseil d’Etat.
Shareholders may waive their preferential right individually.
The decision to convert the preference shares entails the waiver by shareholders of their preferential right to subscribe for the shares resulting from the conversion.
The decision to issue securities giving access to the capital also entails the waiver by shareholders of their pre-emptive right to subscribe for the equity securities to which the securities issued give entitlement.