The request for payment of the dividend in shares, accompanied, where applicable, by the payment provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 232-19 must be carried out within a period set by the General Meeting, which may not exceed three months from the date of the said General Meeting. The capital increase is completed solely as a result of this request and, where applicable, this payment and does not give rise to the formalities provided for in article L. 225-142, the second paragraph of Article L. 225-144, and in Article L. 225-146.
However, in the event of a capital increase, the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, may suspend the exercise of the right to obtain payment of the dividend in shares for a period which may not exceed three months.
At its first meeting following the expiry of the period set by the General Meeting pursuant to the first paragraph of this article, the Board of Directors or, as the case may be, the Management Board, shall note the number of shares issued pursuant to this article and shall make the necessary amendments to the clauses of the Articles of Association relating to the amount of the share capital and the number of shares representing it. Upon delegation by the Board of Directors or the Management Board, the Chief Executive Officer or a Deputy Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman or a member of the Management Board may carry out these operations within one month of the expiry of the period set by the General Meeting.
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