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Article R223-14 of the French Commercial code

Any shareholder has the right, at any time, to obtain, at the registered office, a certified copy of the Articles of Association in force on the day of the request. The company attaches to this document a list of the managers and, where applicable, the statutory auditors in office and may not, for this issue, require payment of a sum greater than 0.30 Euros.

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Article R223-15 of the French Commercial code

All shareholders have the right, at any time, to inspect the following documents themselves at the registered office: balance sheets, profit and loss accounts, notes to the accounts, inventories, reports submitted to shareholders’ meetings and minutes of these meetings relating to the last three financial years. With the exception of the inventory, the right to inspect includes the right to take copies. To this end, he may be assisted by…

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Article R223-16 of the French Commercial code

The Executive Chairman shall notify the Statutory Auditor, if there is one, of the agreements referred to in article L. 223-19, within one month of the conclusion of these agreements. Where agreements entered into in previous financial years continue to apply in the current financial year, the Statutory Auditor shall be informed of this situation within one month of the end of the financial year.

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Article R223-18 of the French Commercial code

The annual financial statements, the management report, the text of the proposed resolutions and, where applicable, the consolidated financial statements, the Group management report and the statutory auditor’s reports on the annual financial statements and the consolidated financial statements shall be sent to the shareholders at least fifteen days before the date of the meeting provided for in Article L. 223-26. For a period of fifteen days prior to the…

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Article R223-19 of the French Commercial code

If a meeting other than that provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 223-26, the text of the proposed resolutions, the managers’ report and, where applicable, the statutory auditors’ report are sent to the shareholders at least fifteen days before the date of the meeting. In addition, during the fifteen-day period preceding the meeting, the same documents are made available to members at the registered office, who may…

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Article R223-20 of the French Commercial code

Partners are convened by registered letter at least fifteen days before the meeting. The letter shall indicate the agenda. However, when the meeting is convened, due to the death of the sole manager, by the statutory auditor or a member, in accordance with the provisions of the eighth paragraph of Article L. 223-27, the time limit is reduced to eight days. A company that intends to use electronic communication instead…

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Article R223-20-2 of the French Commercial code

When a shareholder wishes to make use of the option to request that items or draft resolutions be included on the agenda of a meeting, pursuant to the fifth paragraph of Article L. 223-27, he may ask the company, by simple or registered letter or by electronic mail, to notify him, using one of these methods, of the date scheduled for the meeting. The company is required to send this…

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