BOOK II: Commercial companies and economic interest groupings.

Companies whose articles of association allow shareholders to vote at meetings by electronic means of telecommunication shall set up a site exclusively dedicated to these purposes.

As the Articles of Association provide that General Meetings are to be held exclusively by videoconference or by means of telecommunication, pursuant to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 225-103-1, specify whether the right to object referred to in the second paragraph of the same article is exercised before or after the convening formalities.

This notice shall specify the nature of the meeting and include the items and the text of the draft resolutions that the company intends to include on the agenda of the meeting. The notice shall also specify the right of shareholders to attend the meeting. The notice also sets out the right to object to the exclusive use of paperless means for holding general meetings, and the conditions for exercising…

When the right to object is exercised after the formalities for convening the meeting have been completed, the notice of meeting referred to in article R. 225-66 recalls the right to object to the exclusive use of dematerialised means to hold general meetings, as well as the conditions for exercising this right. It also indicates the place where the meeting will be held if an objection is made to its…

Subject to the provisions of Articles R. 225-66 to R. 225-70, the company’s Articles of Association lay down the rules for convening shareholders’ meetings.

Companies intending to use electronic communication instead of postal dispatch to comply with the formalities provided for in Articles R. 225-61-1, R. 225-61-2, R. 225-61-3, R. 225-67, R. 225-68, R. 225-72, R. 225-74, R. 225-88 and R. 236-4 submit a proposal to this effect to registered shareholders, either by post or by electronic means. Interested shareholders may give their consent by post or electronically. In the absence of the shareholder’s…

The six-month period provided for the Ordinary General Meeting by article L. 225-100 may be extended, at the request of the board of directors or the management board, as the case may be, by order of the president of the commercial court, ruling on a petition.

Shareholders may, at their own expense, instruct one of their number to apply to the President of the Commercial Court ruling in summary proceedings for the appointment of the agent referred to in Article L. 225-103. The order sets the agenda for the meeting.

The notice of meeting shall include the company name, possibly followed by its acronym, the form of the company, the amount of share capital, the address of the registered office, the information provided for in 1° and 2° of Article R. 123-237, the day, time and place of the meeting, as well as its nature, whether extraordinary, ordinary or special, and its agenda. Subject to miscellaneous items which must be…

The notice of meeting shall be inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements in the département of the registered office and, in addition, if all the shares of the company are not in registered form, in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires. If all the shares of the company are in registered form, the insertions provided for in the previous paragraph may be replaced by a notice made,…