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Article L421-7 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Within a market undertaking, the following persons shall be of sufficiently good repute and possess the knowledge, skills and experience necessary for the performance of their duties:

1° Members of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board and the Management Board, the Chief Executive Officer and the Deputy Chief Executive Officers, as well as any other person or member of a corporate body exercising equivalent functions;

2° Persons who effectively manage the company and who are not mentioned in 1°.

The composition of the corporate bodies made up of the above-mentioned persons reflects a sufficiently broad range of experience.

To this end, the market undertaking shall inform the AMF of the identity of these persons and of any changes concerning them prior to their appointment.

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Article L421-7

Au sein d’une entreprise de marché, les personnes suivantes jouissent de l’honorabilité requise et possèdent les connaissances, les compétences et l’expérience nécessaires à l’exercice de leurs fonctions :

1° Les membres du conseil d’administration, du conseil de surveillance et du directoire, le directeur général et les directeurs généraux délégués ainsi que toute autre personne ou membre d’un organe social exerçant des fonctions équivalentes ;

2° Les personnes qui dirigent effectivement l’entreprise et qui ne sont pas mentionnées au 1°.

La composition des organes sociaux constitués par les personnes mentionnées ci-dessus reflète un éventail suffisamment large d’expériences.

A cet effet l’entreprise de marché informe préalablement à leur désignation l’Autorité des marchés financiers de l’identité de ces personnes ainsi que de tout changement les concernant.

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