A joint stock company may issue securities giving access to equity securities to be issued by the company that directly or indirectly owns more than half of its capital or by the company of which it directly or indirectly owns more than half of the capital.
On pain of nullity, the issue must be authorised by the extraordinary general meeting of the company called upon to issue these securities and by that of the company within which the rights are exercised, under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 228-92.
Issues of securities that are equity securities giving access to other existing equity securities or giving the right to the allocation of debt securities, are authorised by the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders in accordance with articles L. 225-129 à L. 225-129-6.
Shareholders of the company called upon to issue the equity securities referred to in the first paragraph have, in proportion to the amount of their shares, a preferential right to subscribe to these securities. This right is governed by the provisions applicable to the preferential subscription right attached to equity securities in accordance with articles L. 225-132 to L. 225-141.
Where the application of the fourth paragraph of this article confers a concurrent preferential subscription right on the shareholders of several companies, the meetings which authorise these issues must, on pain of nullity of the decision to issue, authorise the cancellation of the preferential subscription right of the shareholders in one or more of these companies.
Issues of debt securities giving access to existing equity securities or entitling their holders to the allotment of other debt securities are authorised under the conditions set out in Article L. 228-40 if bonds or redeemable shares are to be issued, or in other cases, under the conditions determined by the issuing company in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 228-36-A.