The issue price of shares issued under the conditions provided for in Article L. 232-18 may not be less than the par value.
In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the issue price may not be less than 90% of the average of the prices quoted over the twenty trading sessions preceding the date of the decision to make the shares available for distribution, less the net amount of the dividend or interim dividends.
In other companies, the issue price is set, at the company’s discretion, either by dividing the amount of net assets calculated on the basis of the most recent balance sheet by the number of existing shares, or by an expert appointed by a court at the request of the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be. The application of the rules for determining the issue price is verified by the Statutory Auditor, if any, who presents a special report to the General Meeting referred to in Article L. 232-18.
Where the amount of dividends or interim dividends to which the shareholder is entitled does not correspond to a whole number of shares, the shareholder may receive the number of shares immediately below plus a balancing payment in cash or, if the General Meeting has so requested, the number of shares immediately above, by paying the difference in cash.