Any holder of shares in a company may give a commitment to all of the company’s employees to share with them part of the capital gain on the sale or repurchase of his shares on the day he sells or repurchases all or part of them.
The undertaking to share the capital gains may also be given by a number of shareholders, who are either party to the same capital gains sharing agreement or party to separate capital gains sharing agreements.
The capital gains sharing undertaking does not create a joint and several liability between a shareholder who has signed a capital gains sharing agreement and the company. Nor does it create any obligations for holders of securities, whether direct or indirect, who are not party to such an undertaking.
The sharing agreement may only relate to capital gains on the sale of company securities mentioned in the first sentence of b of the 2° of I of article 150-0 B ter of the French General Tax Code.
Where the company concerned controls, within the meaning of article L. 233-3 of this code, directly or indirectly one or more of the companies mentioned in the penultimate paragraph of this article, the commitment mentioned in the first paragraph is made in respect of all their employees. The same applies when the company concerned is controlled, within the meaning of Article L. 233-3, directly or indirectly, by one or more companies mentioned in the penultimate paragraph of this Article.