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Article R225-74 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

The Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Management Board shall acknowledge receipt of requests to include items or draft resolutions on the agenda, by registered letter, within five days of such receipt. This acknowledgement of receipt may also be sent by electronic means of telecommunication implemented under the conditions mentioned in Article R. 225-63, to the address indicated by the shareholder. Items and draft resolutions are included on…

Article R225-75 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

As from the date on which the meeting is convened, any shareholder may request in writing that the company send him a remote voting form, by electronic means if necessary, under the conditions defined in Article R. 225-61. This request must be handed in or received at the registered office no later than six days before the date of the meeting.

Article R225-76 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

The postal voting form allows a vote on each of the resolutions, in the order in which they are presented at the meeting; it offers the shareholder the possibility of expressing on each resolution a vote in favour or against its adoption or his wish to abstain from voting. It informs the shareholder in a very conspicuous manner that any abstention expressed in the form or resulting from the absence…

Article R225-77 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

The date after which voting forms received by the Company will no longer be taken into account may not be more than three days before the date of the General Meeting, unless a shorter period is provided for in the Articles of Association. However, electronic remote voting forms may be received by the Company up to 3 p.m. Paris time at the latest on the day before the General Meeting….

Article R225-78 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

If the company uses the single document provided for in the third paragraph of Article R. 225-76, this document shall include, in addition to the information provided for in Articles R. 225-76 and R. 225-77 and in 5° and 6° of Article R. 225-81, the following indications: 1° That it may be used for each resolution either for a postal vote or for a proxy vote; 2° That a proxy…

Article R225-79 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

The proxy given by a shareholder to be represented at a meeting must be signed by the shareholder, where applicable by an electronic signature process, and must state the shareholder’s surname, first name and usual place of residence. It may designate by name a proxy, who does not have the option of substituting another person. For the application of the first paragraph, when the company decides, in accordance with the…

Article R225-80 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

Instructions given by electronic means under the conditions defined in Article R. 225-61 involving a proxy or power of attorney may validly reach the company up to 3 p.m., Paris time, on the day before the General Meeting. As soon as the company receives these instructions, they become irrevocable, except in the case of sales of shares which are subject to the notification provided for in IV of article R….

Article R225-81 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

All proxy forms sent to shareholders by the company or by the agent it has appointed for this purpose, where applicable by electronic means under the conditions defined in Article R. 225-61 : 1° The agenda for the meeting; 2° The text of draft resolutions submitted by the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, as well as the text of draft resolutions submitted by…

Article R225-82 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

Proxy and remote voting forms transmitted electronically under the conditions defined in Article R. 225-61 comply with the rules laid down in Articles R. 225-76 to R. 225-81, R. 22-10-24 and R. 225-95 for proxy and postal voting forms.

Article R225-83 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

The company shall send shareholders or make available to them, under the conditions provided for in articles R. 225-88 and R. 225-89, the following information contained in one or more documents: 1° The surnames and given names in common use, either of the directors and general managers or of the members of the Supervisory Board and the Management Board, as well as, where applicable, an indication of the other companies…

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Article R225-74 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-75 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-76 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-77 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-78 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-79 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-80 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-81 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-82 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-83 of the French Commercial code

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