If the General Meeting or, in the event of delegation under Article L. 225-129, the Board of Directors or the Management Board expressly decides to do so, the shares not subscribed by irrevocable entitlement shall be allocated to the shareholders who have subscribed to a number of shares greater than that to which they could subscribe by preferential entitlement, in proportion to the subscription rights they hold and, in any event, within the limit of their requests.