The conditions under which notice of the general meeting of bondholders is brought to the attention of the bondholders may be set out in the contract of issue. In this case, the body responsible for convening the bondholders must be able to justify at any time that the notice has been delivered in accordance with the stipulations of the issue contract. This communication shall be made in sufficient time before the general meeting is held to allow the bondholders to analyse the items on the agenda.
In the absence of a stipulation in the contract of issue setting out the procedures for convening bondholders to the general meeting of bondholders, this is carried out by the insertion of a notice of meeting in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements in the département of the registered office of the debtor company and also, if the latter’s bonds are admitted to trading on a regulated market or if all its bonds are not in registered form, in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires.
If all the bonds issued by the company are in registered form, the notices provided for in the previous paragraph may be replaced by a notice issued at the company’s expense, by simple or registered letter sent to each bondholder. This notice may also be sent by electronic means of telecommunication implemented under the conditions mentioned in article R. 225-63 to the address indicated by the bondholder. In the case of undivided bonds, notices of meetings are sent to all co-owners. Where the bonds are encumbered by a usufruct, the notice of meeting is sent to the bare owner.