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Article L225-200 of the French Commercial code

Where the capital is divided either into capital shares and fully or partially amortised shares, or into unequally amortised shares, the General Meeting of shareholders may decide, under the conditions required for amending the Articles of Association, to convert the fully or partially amortised shares into capital shares.

To this end, it provides that a compulsory deduction will be made, up to the amortised amount of the shares to be converted, from the portion of the company’s profits for one or more financial years accruing to these shares, after payment, in the case of partially amortised shares, of the first dividend or the statutory interest to which they may give entitlement.

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Article L225-200

Lorsque le capital est divisé, soit en actions de capital et en actions totalement ou partiellement amorties, soit en actions inégalement amorties, l’assemblée générale des actionnaires peut décider, dans les conditions requises pour la modification des statuts, la conversion des actions totalement ou partiellement amorties en actions de capital.

A cet effet, elle prévoit qu’un prélèvement obligatoire sera effectué, à concurrence du montant amorti des actions à convertir, sur la part des profits sociaux d’un ou plusieurs exercices revenant à ces actions, après paiement, pour les actions partiellement amorties, du premier dividende ou de l’intérêt statutaire auquel elles peuvent donner droit.

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