Shares purchased, with a view to a reduction in the share capital, by the company that issued them are cancelled, if they are registered shares, by an entry in the company’s register of registered shares.
When shares are registered in an account in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 211-1 et seq. of the Monetary and Financial Code, the cancellation of the shares is recorded by a transfer to an order account opened in the name of the company, either with it or with an intermediary mentioned in Article L. 211-3 of the same code.
When the capital is reduced in accordance with the procedures provided for in Article L. 225-207, shares purchased by the company that issued them shall be cancelled no later than one month after expiry of the period set in article R. 225-154 or after the purchase made under the conditions provided for in l’article R. 225-156.