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Article R225-41 of the French Commercial code

The term of office of a Supervisory Board member expires at the end of the Ordinary General Meeting of shareholders called to approve the financial statements for the previous financial year and held in the year in which the member’s term of office expires. .

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Article R225-42 of the French Commercial code

The mandate of a permanent representative appointed by a legal entity appointed to the Supervisory Board is given for the duration of the latter’s term of office. If the legal entity revokes the mandate of its permanent representative, it shall notify the company of this revocation and of the identity of its new permanent representative without delay by registered letter. The same applies in the event of the death or…

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Article R225-45 of the French Commercial code

The company’s articles of association shall determine the rules relating to the convening and deliberations of the supervisory board. However, the chairman of the supervisory board shall convene the board on a date no later than fifteen days when at least one member of the management board or at least one third of the members of the supervisory board submit a reasoned request to this effect. If the request has…

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Article R225-46 of the French Commercial code

Unless otherwise stipulated in the Articles of Association, a member of the Supervisory Board may give a proxy, in writing, to another member to represent him or her at a meeting of the Board. Each member of the Supervisory Board may hold, during a single meeting, only one of the proxies received by application of the preceding paragraph. The provisions of the preceding paragraphs apply to the permanent representative of…

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Article R225-47 of the French Commercial code

An attendance register is kept which is signed by the members of the supervisory board attending the board meeting and which mentions the names of the members of the supervisory board deemed to be present within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article L. 225-82. The attendance register may be kept in electronic form; in this case, the register shall be signed by means of an electronic signature that…

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Article R225-49 of the French Commercial code

The deliberations of the supervisory board are recorded in minutes drawn up in a special register kept at the registered office and listed and initialled either by a judge of the commercial court, a judge of the judicial court, or by the mayor of the municipality of the registered office or a deputy mayor, in the ordinary form and without charge. However, the minutes may be drawn up on loose-leaf…

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Article R225-50 of the French Commercial code

The minutes of the meeting shall indicate the names of the members of the Supervisory Board who are present, deemed to be present within the meaning of the third paragraph of article L. 225-82, excused or absent. It shall state the presence or absence of persons called to the Board meeting by virtue of a legal provision and the presence of any other person who attended all or part of…

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