In sociétés coopératives de production, the special reserve for employee profit-sharing is calculated on the following basis:
1° The profit is deemed to be equal, for each financial year, to the net management surpluses defined in article 32 of law no. 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production, less the fraction equal to 25% of these surpluses, provided for in article 33, paragraph 3 of this law. This profit is reduced by a sum calculated by applying to it the standard rate of corporation tax;
2° The company’s shareholders’ equity is deemed to be equal to the amount of share capital actually paid up at the close of the financial year in question.