A fine of 9,000 euros shall be imposed on the chairman, directors or managing directors of a public limited company for failing, for each financial year, to draw up an inventory and prepare annual accounts and a management report.
The following are punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros: 1° Preventing a shareholder from taking part in a shareholders’ meeting; 2° Paragraph repealed. 3° Being granted, guaranteed or promised advantages for voting a certain way or for not taking part in the vote, as well as granting, guaranteeing or promising such advantages.
The chairman or directors of a public limited company who fail to submit the annual financial statements and the management report provided for in article L. 232-1.
The chairman, directors or managing directors of a public limited company are liable to a fine of €150,000, issue shares or share denominations without the previously subscribed capital of the company having been paid up in full or without the new contribution shares having been paid up in full before the amending entry in the Trade and Companies Register or without the new cash shares having been paid up, at…
It is a criminal offence for the chairman, directors or statutory auditors of a société anonyme to give or confirm inaccurate information in the reports presented to the general meeting called to decide on the cancellation of shareholders’ preferential subscription rights. It is a criminal offence for the chairman, directors or statutory auditors of a société anonyme to give or confirm inaccurate information in the reports presented to the general…
The provisions of articles L. 242-2 to L. 242-5 relating to the formation of sociétés anonymes are applicable in the event of a capital increase.
A fine of €30,000 is imposed if the chairman or directors of a public limited company reduce the share capital without respecting the equality of shareholders.
The chairman, directors or managing directors of a public limited company are liable to a fine of €150,000 if they use shares purchased by the company under article L. 225-208 in order to give employees a share in the profits, to allocate free shares or to grant options giving the right to purchase shares for purposes other than those provided for in the same article L. 225-208. The same penalty…
The penalties provided for by articles L. 242-1 to L. 242-24 for chairmen, general managers and directors of public limited companies are applicable, according to their respective attributions, to members of the management board and members of the supervisory board of public limited companies governed by the provisions of articles L. 225-57 to L. 225-93. The provisions of Article L. 246-2 are also applicable to sociétés anonymes governed by Articles…
Articles L. 242-1 to L. 242-29 apply to sociétés en commandite par actions. The penalties laid down for the chairmen, directors or managing directors of sociétés anonymes are applicable, insofar as their powers are concerned, to the managers of sociétés en commandite par actions.
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