Notwithstanding any provisions of the Articles of Association to the contrary, companies whose securities are not admitted to trading on a regulated market or to the operations of a central depository and which have carried out transactions resulting either in exchanges of securities or in the allocation to shareholders of new equity securities, may sell, on the simple decision of the board of directors, the management board or the managers and in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, the equity securities that could not be allocated individually and corresponding to rights forming fractional shares, provided that they have advertised at least one year in advance in accordance with the procedures laid down by that decree.
From the date of such sale, holders of fractional rights may only claim the distribution in cash of the net proceeds of the sale of the unallocated equity securities.