The Articles of Association may give the Company the option of requiring the repurchase either of all its own non-voting preference shares, or of certain classes of them, each class being determined by its date of issue. The repurchase of a class of non-voting preference shares must involve all the shares of that class. The buyback is decided by the General Meeting ruling under the conditions set out in Article L. 225-204. The provisions of article L. 225-205 are applicable. Repurchased shares are cancelled in accordance with article L. 225-207 and the capital automatically reduced.
The redemption of non-voting preference shares may only be required by the company if a specific stipulation to this effect has been inserted in the Articles of Association prior to the issue of these shares.
The value of non-voting preference shares is determined on the day of repurchase by mutual agreement between the company and a special meeting of selling shareholders, ruling under the quorum and majority conditions provided for in Article L. 225-99. In the event of disagreement, Article 1843-4 of the Civil Code shall apply.
The redemption of non-voting preferred shares may only take place if the preferred dividend due in respect of previous financial years and the current financial year has been paid in full.