Chapter V: Public limited companies.

The agenda for the meetings is set by the author of the notice of meeting. However, one or more shareholders representing at least 5% of the share capital or a shareholders’ association meeting the conditions set out in Article L. 225-120 may request that items or draft resolutions be included on the agenda. These items or draft resolutions are entered on the agenda of the meeting and brought to the…

I.-A shareholder may be represented by another shareholder, by his spouse or by the partner with whom he has entered into a civil solidarity pact. II.-The mandate and, where applicable, its revocation shall be in writing and communicated to the company. The conditions for the application of this paragraph are specified by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. III.-Before each General Meeting of shareholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors…

I. Any shareholder may vote by post, using a form, the details of which are set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. Any provisions of the Articles of Association to the contrary shall be deemed to be unwritten. For the purposes of calculating the quorum, only forms that have been received by the company before the General Meeting, within the time limits set by decree of the Conseil d’Etat, shall…

The Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, must send or make available to shareholders the documents necessary to enable them to make informed judgements on the management and running of the company’s business. The nature of these documents and the conditions under which they are to be sent or made available to shareholders are determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat. As from the…

The chairman, chief executive officers, members of the management board of a company, natural persons or legal entities exercising in this company the functions of director or member of the supervisory board as well as the permanent representatives of legal entities exercising these functions are required, under the conditions determined by decree in Council of State, to register or deposit the shares belonging to themselves or to their unemancipated minor…

The voting right attached to the share belongs to the beneficial owner at ordinary general meetings and to the bare owner at extraordinary general meetings. Joint owners of undivided shares are represented at general meetings by one of them or by a single proxy. In the event of disagreement, the proxy shall be appointed in court at the request of the most diligent co-owner. Voting rights shall be exercised by…

The Company may not validly vote with shares subscribed, acquired or pledged by it. Such shares shall not be taken into account in calculating the quorum.

Any shareholder may attend Extraordinary General Meetings and any shareholder owning shares referred to in Article L. 225-99 may participate in special meetings. Any clause to the contrary is deemed unwritten.

Attendance sheets shall be kept at each meeting, the particulars of which shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat and to which shall be appended the powers given to each proxy. The decisions of the meeting must be recorded in minutes, the particulars of which shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat. In the event of non-compliance with this article, the deliberations of the meeting may…

Any shareholder has the right, under the conditions and within the time limits determined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, to obtain communication of: 1° The annual financial statements and the list of directors or members of the management board and supervisory board, and, where applicable, the consolidated financial statements; 2° The reports of the board of directors or management board and supervisory board, as applicable, and of the statutory…