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Article R225-63 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

Companies intending to use electronic communication instead of postal dispatch to comply with the formalities provided for in Articles R. 225-61-1, R. 225-61-2, R. 225-61-3, R. 225-67, R. 225-68, R. 225-72, R. 225-74, R. 225-88 and R. 236-4 submit a proposal to this effect to registered shareholders, either by post or by electronic means. Interested shareholders may give their consent by post or electronically. In the absence of the shareholder’s…

Article R225-64 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

The six-month period provided for the Ordinary General Meeting by article L. 225-100 may be extended, at the request of the board of directors or the management board, as the case may be, by order of the president of the commercial court, ruling on a petition.

Article R225-65 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

Shareholders may, at their own expense, instruct one of their number to apply to the President of the Commercial Court ruling in summary proceedings for the appointment of the agent referred to in Article L. 225-103. The order sets the agenda for the meeting.

Article R225-66 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

The notice of meeting shall include the company name, possibly followed by its acronym, the form of the company, the amount of share capital, the address of the registered office, the information provided for in 1° and 2° of Article R. 123-237, the day, time and place of the meeting, as well as its nature, whether extraordinary, ordinary or special, and its agenda. Subject to miscellaneous items which must be…

Article R225-67 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

The notice of meeting shall be inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements in the département of the registered office and, in addition, if all the shares of the company are not in registered form, in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires. If all the shares of the company are in registered form, the insertions provided for in the previous paragraph may be replaced by a notice made,…

Article R225-68 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

Shareholders who have held registered shares for at least one month on the date of insertion of the notice of meeting provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 225-67 are convened to all meetings by ordinary letter. Shareholders may ask to be convened by registered letter, provided that they send the company the amount of the cost of the recommendation. This notice may also be sent by electronic…

Article R225-69 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

The period between the date either of the insertion or of the last of the insertions containing a notice of meeting, or of the dispatch of the letters, or of the transmission of the notice of meeting by electronic telecommunication, and the date of the meeting shall be at least fifteen days on first notice and ten days on subsequent notice. When the meeting is convened pursuant to the provisions…

Article R225-70 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

When a meeting is unable to deliberate regularly due to a lack of the required quorum, a second meeting is convened in the manner provided for in articles R. 225-67 and R. 22-10-20 and the notice of meeting states the date of the first meeting. The same applies to the convening of an Extraordinary General Meeting or a Special Meeting extended under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph…

Article R225-71 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

A request for items or draft resolutions to be included on the agenda of the meeting, by shareholders representing at least 5% of the share capital, shall be sent to the registered office by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by electronic telecommunication. However, where the company’s capital exceeds 750,000 euros, the amount of capital to be represented pursuant to the previous paragraph is, depending on the size of…

Article R225-72 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

Any shareholder of a company whose shares are all in registered form and who wishes to make use of the option to request the inclusion of items or draft resolutions on the agenda of a meeting may ask the company to notify him, by registered letter or by an electronic means of telecommunication implemented under the conditions mentioned in Article R. 225-63, at the address indicated by him, of the…

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Article R225-63 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-64 of the French Commercial code

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Article R225-66 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-67 of the French Commercial code

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Article R225-69 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-70 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-71 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-72 of the French Commercial code

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