The Extraordinary General Meeting of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market and whose existing investment certificates represent no more than 1% of the share capital may decide, on the basis of the report of the Board of Directors, to reconstitute the existing certificates in shares, and to reconstitute the existing certificates with special benefits in shares conferring the same benefits on their holders.
The Extraordinary General Meeting provided for in the previous paragraph shall decide under the conditions laid down for the approval of special benefits by Article L. 225-147, after a meeting of holders of voting rights certificates, convened and ruling in accordance with the rules for special shareholders’ meetings, has approved the project by a majority of 95% of the holders present or represented. The transfer is then made to the company, notwithstanding the sixth paragraph of Article L. 228-30, at the price set by the Extraordinary General Meeting referred to in the first paragraph of this Article.
The price referred to in the previous paragraph is determined in accordance with the procedures set out in 2° of article 283-1-1 of law no. 66-537 of 24 July 1966 on commercial companies (1).
The amount of compensation accruing to unidentified holders shall be deposited.
Reconstitution is effected by the transfer to the holders of investment certificates, free of charge, of the corresponding voting rights certificates.
To this end, the company may request the identification of certificate holders, even in the absence of an express provision in the articles of association, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article L. 228-2.