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Article R214-136 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The General Meeting is convened by the Management Company. Failing this, it may be convened : 1° By an auditor ; 2° By the Supervisory Board; 3° By an agent appointed by the court at the request of one or more shareholders representing at least one tenth of the share capital or any interested party in an emergency; 4° By the liquidators.

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Article R214-137 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier, sociétés d’épargne forestière or groupements forestiers d’investissement wishing to use electronic means of communication instead of postal means to comply with the formalities provided for in Articles R. 214-138, R. 214-143, R. 214-144, R. 214-153 and the last paragraph of Article R. 214-160 shall first obtain the written consent of the members concerned. Members who have agreed to use electronic means of communication shall provide…

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Article R214-138 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I.-Subject to article R. 214-137, shareholders are convened to general meetings by a notice published in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires and by an ordinary letter sent to them personally. The notice and the letter convening the meeting must indicate the name of the company, followed by its acronym if applicable, the form of the company, the amount of share capital, the address of the registered office, the date,…

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Article R214-141 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The postal voting form allows you to vote on each of the resolutions in the order in which they are presented at the meeting. It gives shareholders the opportunity to vote for or against each resolution or to abstain from voting. It shall inform the shareholder in a very conspicuous manner that any abstention expressed on the form or resulting from the absence of a voting indication will be treated…

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Article R214-142 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The form shall indicate the date by which, in accordance with the Articles of Association, it must be received by the Company in order to be taken into account. Where it has been agreed between the Company and the intermediaries authorised by it that the latter will no longer accept for transmission to the Company voting forms received by them after a date prior to that set by the Company,…

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Article R214-143 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

If the postal voting form and the proxy form appear on a single document, this document shall contain, in addition to the information provided for in Articles L. 214-104 and L. 214-105, the following information: 1° The surname, usual first name, address and number of shares held by the member; 2° The signature of the shareholder or his legal or judicial representative; 3° A statement that the document may be…

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Article R214-144 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I. – The following documents and information are sent or made available to all shareholders under the conditions set out in articles R. 214-137 and R. 214-138, no later than fifteen days before the meeting: 1° The management company’s report ; 2° The report(s) of the Supervisory Board; 3° The Statutory Auditors’ report(s); 4° Form(s) for postal or proxy votes; 5° In the case of the Ordinary General Meeting provided…

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Article R214-145 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

At each General Meeting, an attendance sheet shall contain the following information: 1° the surname, usual forenames and permanent address of each shareholder present and the number of shares held 2° the surname, forenames and permanent address of each proxy holder and the number of shares held by the proxy holders; and 3° the surname, forenames and permanent address of each shareholder represented and the number of shares held. The…

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