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Article D211-9-3 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Where the units or shares of undertakings for collective investment are in registered form, the registered intermediary is required, within ten business days of the request for identification made pursuant to article L. 211-5 and referred to inarticle L. 228-3 of the Commercial Code, to disclose the identity of the owners of these securities, as well as the quantity of securities held by each of them.

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Article D211-9-4 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Without prejudice to Article R. 22-10-28 of the French Commercial Code, the right to attend General Meetings of undertakings for collective investment in the form of companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a trading platform or to the operations of a central depositary is also evidenced by the registration of the shares in the name of the registered intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-4 on behalf of…

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Article D211-9-5 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Subject toArticle L. 225-106 of the Commercial Code, the registered intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-4 (3) may, under a general securities management mandate, transmit a shareholder’s vote or proxy for a meeting of an undertaking for collective investment in the form of a company. Before transmitting a shareholder’s proxy or vote at a general meeting, the registered intermediary must, at the request of the undertaking for collective investment…

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Article D211-9-6 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The registered intermediary who is the beneficiary of a proxy mentioned in article D. 211-9-5 may transmit or issue shareholders’ votes under his signature. The mandates and proxies referred to in article D. 211-9-5 shall be kept for a period of three years from the General Meeting at which the voting rights were exercised.

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Article R211-9-7 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The shared electronic registration system referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 211-7 is designed and implemented in such a way as to guarantee the recording and integrity of registrations and to make it possible, directly or indirectly, to identify the owners of securities and the nature and number of securities held. Entries made in this registration system are subject to an updated business continuity plan, including an…

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Article D211-10 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The declaration of pledge of a securities account held by an intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-3, a central depository or, where applicable, the issuer or the declaration of pledge of financial securities registered in a shared electronic recording device must be dated and contain : 1° The name “Declaration of pledge of a financial securities account” or “Declaration of pledge of financial securities registered in a shared electronic…

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Article D211-11 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The formal notice provided for in V of article L. 211-20 shall contain the following information, failing which it shall be null and void: 1° If payment is not made, the creditor may realise the pledge within eight days or on expiry of any other period previously agreed with the pledgor; 2° The pledgor may, until the expiry of the aforementioned period, inform the account keeper or the manager of…

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Article D211-12 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Within the limit of the amount of the secured debt and, where applicable, in accordance with the order indicated by the pledgor, the pledge of the pledged account or securities provided for in IV and V of article L. 211-20 is realised: 1° For sums in any currency, directly by transfer of full ownership to the pledgee; 2° For French or foreign financial securities admitted to trading on a trading…

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Article D211-13 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Where the secured creditor has authorised the pledgor to dispose of the financial securities and sums in any currency which are the subject of the pledge, the pledgor and the secured creditor shall inform the account keeper or the manager of the computerised identification process in writing of the terms of this arrangement. The account keeper or the manager of the computerised identification process may not deviate from the instructions…

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