Any agreement entered into directly or through an intermediary between the company and its managing director, one of its deputy managing directors, one of its directors, one of its shareholders holding more than 10% of the voting rights or, in the case of a corporate shareholder, the company controlling it within the meaning of Article L. 233-3, must be subject to the prior authorisation of the Board of Directors.
The same applies to agreements in which one of the persons referred to in the previous paragraph has an indirect interest.
Agreements between the company and a company are also subject to prior authorisation if the chief executive officer, one of the deputy chief executive officers or one of the directors of the company is the owner, partner with unlimited liability, manager, director, member of the supervisory board or, in general, a manager of this company.
The prior authorisation of the Board of Directors shall be justified by the interest of the agreement for the company, in particular by specifying the financial conditions attached to it.