Notwithstanding the provisions of the first sentence of the first paragraph of Article L. 411-1, the following public offers are authorised:
1° The offer of financial securities or shares exclusively to a restricted circle of investors acting on their own behalf or to qualified investors. A qualified investor is a person defined in point e of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017. A restricted circle of investors is made up of persons, other than qualified investors, whose number is less than a threshold set by decree ;
2° The offer of financial securities and instruments admitted for the purposes of participatory financing proposed by a provider of participatory financing services within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503, including for its activities mentioned in Article L. 547-4, provided that it does not exceed the threshold set in Article 1(2)(c) of the said Regulation ;
3° An offer of equity securities or shares which is aimed exclusively at persons or entities who are already shareholders of the company issuing the equity securities or shares being offered.