BOOK II: Commercial companies and economic interest groupings.

The contributions auditor is chosen from among the auditors registered on the list provided for in I of article L. 822-1 or from among the experts registered on one of the lists drawn up by the courts and tribunals. He is appointed, where applicable, by order of the president of the commercial court ruling on a petition.

For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 223-9, the amount of the value that no contribution in kind may exceed is set at 30,000 euros.

Article R. 228-60, except insofar as it determines the conditions for application of Article L. 228-51, and articles R. 228-61 to R. 228-64 are applicable to the representatives of the bondholders’ group. Articles R. 228-65 to R. 228-69 and R. 228-72 to R. 228-80 are applicable to bondholders’ meetings. Article R. 228-83 is applicable to securities constituted to guarantee the redemption of bonds. Articles R. 228-84 to R. 228-86 are…

Notification of the proposed transfer or pledge of company shares, provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 223-14 and Article L. 223-15, shall be made by extrajudicial document or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The appointment of the expert provided for in Article 1843-4 of the Civil Code shall be made by the President of the Commercial Court ruling under the accelerated procedure on the merits….

Within eight days of being notified in accordance with Article R. 223-11, the managing partner shall convene the shareholders’ meeting to deliberate on the proposed transfer of the company shares or, if the Articles of Association so permit, to consult the shareholders in writing on this proposal. The company’s decision shall be notified to the transferor by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

The transferor or transferee of company shares may file the transfer deed under the conditions provided for in Article R. 221-9.

Any shareholder has the right, at any time, to obtain, at the registered office, a certified copy of the Articles of Association in force on the day of the request. The company attaches to this document a list of the managers and, where applicable, the statutory auditors in office and may not, for this issue, require payment of a sum greater than 0.30 Euros.

All shareholders have the right, at any time, to inspect the following documents themselves at the registered office: balance sheets, profit and loss accounts, notes to the accounts, inventories, reports submitted to shareholders’ meetings and minutes of these meetings relating to the last three financial years. With the exception of the inventory, the right to inspect includes the right to take copies. To this end, he may be assisted by…

The Executive Chairman shall notify the Statutory Auditor, if there is one, of the agreements referred to in article L. 223-19, within one month of the conclusion of these agreements. Where agreements entered into in previous financial years continue to apply in the current financial year, the Statutory Auditor shall be informed of this situation within one month of the end of the financial year.

The report provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 223-19 contains: