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Article R229-5 of the French Commercial code

The decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting taken pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 229-2 is the subject of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements in the département of the registered office and in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires when the company’s shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market or when its shares are not all in registered form. This…

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Article R229-6 of the French Commercial code

Shareholders’ objections and requests for redemption, as provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 229-2, are lodged within one month of the last date of publication prescribed by article R. 229-5. The company shall be notified of any such changes by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

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Article R229-7 of the French Commercial code

The company shall send each of the shareholders mentioned in the previous article, within fifteen days of receipt of their request, a buyback offer by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The price offered by the company to shareholders holding shares of the same class must be identical. This offer shall include the price offered per share and the proposed method of payment, as well as the period during which…

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Article R229-8 of the French Commercial code

Any dispute over the price offered shall be brought before the court in whose jurisdiction the registered office of the company is located, within the period mentioned in the third paragraph of article R. 229- 7. All shareholders interested in the repurchase of the shares are called upon by the company under the conditions set out in Article 331 of the Code of Civil Procedure; they shall then proceed in…

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Article R229-9 of the French Commercial code

The offer to acquire the investment certificates, provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 229-2, is the subject of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements in the department of the registered office and in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires when the company’s shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market or when its shares are not all in registered form. This…

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Article R229-10 of the French Commercial code

The bondholders’ redemption offer, provided for in the fifth paragraph of article L. 229-2, is the subject of a notice giving rise to two successive insertions, at least ten days apart, in two legal announcement media in the département of the registered office and in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires when the company’s bonds are admitted to trading on a regulated market or when its bonds are not all…

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Article R229-12 of the French Commercial code

For the purposes of issuing the certificate referred to in the seventh paragraph of Article L. 229-2, the European Company shall produce to the notary responsible for carrying out the legality control a file containing at least the following: 1° The Articles of Association of the company; 2° The proposed transfer of the registered office; 3° A copy of the notices relating to the advertisements provided for in this section;…

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