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Article L239-3 of the French Commercial code

The legal or statutory provisions providing for the approval of the transferee of shares or corporate units are applicable under the same conditions to the lessee.

The voting right attached to the leased share or corporate unit belongs to the lessor at meetings ruling on amendments to the company’s articles of association or change of nationality, and to the lessee at other meetings. For the exercise of the other rights attached to the leased shares and corporate units, the lessor shall be considered as the bare owner and the lessee as the usufructuary.

For the application of the provisions of Book IV of this Code, the lessor and the lessee shall be considered as holders of shares or corporate units.

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Article L239-3

Les dispositions légales ou statutaires prévoyant l’agrément du cessionnaire de parts ou d’actions sont applicables dans les mêmes conditions au locataire.

Le droit de vote attaché à l’action ou à la part sociale louée appartient au bailleur dans les assemblées statuant sur les modifications statutaires ou le changement de nationalité de la société et au locataire dans les autres assemblées. Pour l’exercice des autres droits attachés aux actions et parts sociales louées, le bailleur est considéré comme le nu-propriétaire et le locataire comme l’usufruitier.

Pour l’application des dispositions du livre IV du présent code, le bailleur et le locataire sont considérés comme détenteurs d’actions ou de parts sociales.

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