When the issuer is the employer referred to in 1° of article L. 3262-1, it pays the balance available after the deduction provided for in article R. 3262-13 to the social and economic committee if one exists or, failing that, allocates it within six months to its company’s social and cultural activities budget.
In the case of a specialised issuer as referred to in 2° of the same article, it distributes this balance between the social and economic committees of the companies that have purchased securities from it or, failing that, between these companies themselves, in proportion to the securities purchased during the period of issue of the lost or expired securities. In the absence of a social and economic committee, each company uses the balance due to it in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph.