Subsection 1: General provisions

Companies limited by shares may issue transferable securities giving access to the capital or entitling the holder to the allotment of debt securities. The issue contract may provide that these securities and the equity or debt securities to which these securities give entitlement may only be sold and traded together. In this case, if the security originally issued is an equity security, it does not fall within a specified category…

The issues of securities governed by article L. 228-91, which are equity securities giving access to other equity securities or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities, and issues of securities giving access to equity securities to be issued, are authorised by the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders in accordance with Articles L. 225-129 à L. 225-129-6. The Meeting votes on the report of the Board of Directors or…

A joint stock company may issue securities giving access to equity securities to be issued by the company that directly or indirectly owns more than half of its capital or by the company of which it directly or indirectly owns more than half of the capital. On pain of nullity, the issue must be authorised by the extraordinary general meeting of the company called upon to issue these securities and…

A société par actions may issue securities giving access to existing equity securities or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities of another company of which it does not directly or indirectly own more than half of the capital or of which more than half of the capital is not directly or indirectly owned by that other company. The terms and conditions of access to or allocation of these…

Decisions taken in breach of the second paragraph of Article L. 228-92 and the third and fourth paragraphs of Article L. 228-93.

When securities representing a claim on the issuing company are issued, including those giving the right to subscribe for or acquire a security, it may be stipulated that these securities will be redeemed only after the other creditors, excluding or including holders of equity loans and equity securities, have been paid off, notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 228-36 of this Code and those of Articles L. 313-13 et seq….