The Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, shall indicate in the report provided for in Article L. 225-177 the reasons for granting options to subscribe for or purchase shares and the proposed terms for setting the subscription or purchase price. The names of any beneficiaries of the options and the number of shares to which the options relate may not be specified. The statutory…
Capital increases made necessary by the exercise of stock options are carried out without publication of the notice provided for in Article R. 225-120 and the notice provided for in article R. 225-124 and without the information provided for in 6° and 7° of Article R. 225-128 appearing on subscription forms. Articles R. 225-129 to R. 225-135, R. 22-10-35 and R. 22-10-36 are not applicable. The amendments to the Articles…
Sums deducted from company profits pursuant to the second paragraph of article L. 225-200 are recorded in a reserve account. The same applies to sums paid by shareholders pursuant to article L. 225-201. When the shares are unequally amortised, a reserve account is opened for each of the equally amortised classes of shares.
When the amount of a reserve account provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 225-146 is equal to the amortised amount of the shares or the corresponding class of shares, the amortised shares shall be converted into capital shares and the company’s Articles of Association shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 225-203.
When the conversion of amortised shares into capital shares has been carried out under the conditions provided for in Article L. 225-201, no later than the end of each financial year, the Articles of Association shall be amended to reflect any conversions of shares carried out during that financial year.
Fully or partially amortised shares whose conversion into capital shares has been decided are entitled, for each financial year, and until such conversion is completed, to the first dividend or interest in lieu thereof calculated on the amount, at the close of the previous financial year, of the reserve account provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 225-146. In addition, partially amortised shares continue to benefit from the…
At least fifteen days before the General Meeting called to vote on the proposed transaction pursuant to Articles L. 225-204 or L. 22-10-62, the company shall send to the shareholders or make available to them under the conditions provided for in articles R. 225-88 and R. 225-89 the statutory auditors’ report on this transaction.
For the purposes of determining the ceiling provided for in Article L. 22-10-62, the General Meeting shall set the maximum number of shares that may be acquired and the maximum amount of the transaction. The General Meeting shall also set the maximum number of shares that may be acquired and the maximum amount of the transaction.
For the application of the first paragraph of article L. 225-205, the time limit for creditors to object to the capital reduction is twenty days from the date of filing at the registry of the minutes of the general meeting which decided or authorised the reduction. The objection is lodged with the Commercial Court.
When the company has decided to purchase its own shares with a view to cancelling them and reducing its capital accordingly, it shall make this purchase offer to all shareholders. To this end, a notice of purchase shall be inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements in the department of the registered office and, in addition, if all its shares are not in registered form, in the Bulletin…
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