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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…

Article R225-84 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

The written questions referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 225-108 are sent to the registered office by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt addressed to the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Executive Board or by electronic telecommunication to the address indicated in the notice of meeting, no later than the fourth working day preceding the date of the General Meeting. They must be accompanied…

Article R225-86 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

The right to participate in General Meetings is evidenced by the registration of the shares in the name of the shareholder, on the day of the General Meeting, in the registered share accounts held by the company or in a shared electronic registration system. However, the Company may, by special provision in its Articles of Association, decide that proof of the right to take part in General Meetings shall be…

Article R225-87 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

The agent responsible for representing the co-owners of undivided shares under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 225-110 is appointed by order of the President of the Commercial Court, ruling in summary proceedings.

Article R225-88 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

After the meeting has been called and up to and including the fifth day before the meeting, any shareholder holding registered shares may ask the company to send him, to the address indicated, the documents and information referred to in Articles R. 225-81 and R. 225-83. The company is required to send this information before the meeting, at its own expense. This dispatch may be made by an electronic means…

Article R225-89 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

After the Annual General Meeting has been convened and at least for a period of fifteen days prior to the date of the meeting, any shareholder has the right to inspect, at the registered office or place of administrative management, the documents and information listed in Articles L. 225-115 and R. 225-83. However, he shall only be entitled to inspect the statutory auditors’ report at the same locations during the…

Article R225-90 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

In application of the provisions of article L. 225-116, shareholders have the right, during the fifteen-day period prior to the General Meeting, to inspect or copy, at the locations provided for in Article R. 225-89, of the list of shareholders. To this end, the list of shareholders is drawn up by the company on the sixteenth day before the General Meeting. It contains the surname, usual first name and address…

Article R225-91 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

Shareholders exercise the rights recognised by articles R. 225-89 and R. 225-90 either themselves or through the proxy they have appointed to represent them at the meeting.

Article R225-92 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

In application of the provisions of Article L. 225-117, the shareholder has the right to inspect, either in person or by proxy, at the registered office or place of administrative management, the documents referred to in this article. The right to inspect includes the right to take copies.

Article R225-93 of the French Commercial code

November 6, 2023

In application of the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 225-51-1, shareholders may, in person or by proxy, inspect, at the company’s registered office or place of administrative management, the extract from the minutes containing the Board of Directors’ decision on the choice of one of the two methods of exercising general management.

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Article R225-83 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-84 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-86 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-87 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-88 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-89 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-90 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-91 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-92 of the French Commercial code

Article R225-93 of the French Commercial code

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