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Article L228-29 of the French Commercial code

On expiry of the period set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, shares in respect of which the payments due have not been made shall cease to entitle the holder to admission and voting rights at shareholders’ meetings and shall be deducted for the purposes of calculating the quorum.

The right to dividends and the pre-emptive right to subscribe to capital increases attached to these shares are suspended.

After payment of the sums due, in principal and interest, the shareholder may request payment of dividends not time-barred. He may not exercise a share on the basis of the pre-emptive right to subscribe to a capital increase, after expiry of the period set for the exercise of this right.

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Article L228-29

A l’expiration du délai fixé par décret en Conseil d’Etat, les actions sur le montant desquelles les versements exigibles n’ont pas été effectués, cessent de donner droit à l’admission et aux votes dans les assemblées d’actionnaires et sont déduites pour le calcul du quorum.

Le droit aux dividendes et le droit préférentiel de souscription aux augmentations de capital attachés à ces actions sont suspendus.

Après paiement des sommes dues, en principal et intérêt, l’actionnaire peut demander le versement des dividendes non prescrits. Il ne peut exercer une action du chef du droit préférentiel de souscription à une augmentation de capital, après expiration du délai fixé pour l’exercice de ce droit.

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