A request for items or draft resolutions to be included on the agenda of the meeting, by shareholders representing at least 5% of the share capital, shall be sent to the registered office by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by electronic telecommunication.
However, where the company’s capital exceeds 750,000 euros, the amount of capital to be represented pursuant to the previous paragraph is, depending on the size of that capital, reduced as follows:
a) 4% for the first 750,000 euros;
b) 2.50% for the tranche of capital between 750,000 and 7,500,000 euros;
c) 1% for the tranche of capital between 7,500,000 and 15,000,000 euros;
d) 0.50% for the remainder of the capital.
Reasons must be given for the request to include an item on the agenda.
The request to include draft resolutions must be accompanied by the text of the draft resolutions, which may be accompanied by a brief explanatory statement.
Where the draft resolution relates to the nomination of a candidate to the board of directors or supervisory board, it shall be accompanied by the information provided for in 5° of Article R. 225-83.
As of the date of their application, applicants must provide proof of possession or representation of the required fraction of the share capital by registering the corresponding shares either in the registered share accounts held by the company or in the bearer share accounts held by an intermediary mentioned in l’article L. 211-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code , or, where applicable, in a shared electronic registration system pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2022/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on a pilot scheme for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology and amending Regulations (EU) No 600/2014 and (EU) No 909/2014 and Directive 2014/65/EU. They shall submit with their request a certificate of account registration or, where applicable, a certificate of registration in a shared electronic registration system pursuant to the aforementioned Regulation (EU) 2022/858.
The consideration of the item or resolution shall be subject to the submission, by the authors of the request, of a new certificate evidencing the registration of the securities in the same accounts on the second business day preceding the meeting at zero hours, Paris time.