A société par actions may issue securities giving access to existing equity securities or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities of another company of which it does not directly or indirectly own more than half of the capital or of which more than half of the capital is not directly or indirectly owned by that other company. The terms and conditions of access to or allocation of these securities are defined in the issue contract.
The issues of securities referred to in the previous paragraph, which are equity securities giving access to other existing equity securities or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities, shall be authorised by the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders in accordance with Articles L. 225-129 à L. 225-129-6.
The issues of securities referred to in the first paragraph, which are debt securities giving access to existing equity securities or giving the right to the allocation of other debt securities, are authorised under the conditions provided for by Article L. 228-40 in the case of the issue of bonds or participating securities, or in other cases, under the conditions determined by the issuing company in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 228-36-A.