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Article L2312-42 of the French Labour Code

When a takeover bid is made, the employer of the company to which the bid relates and the employer making the bid immediately convene their respective social and economic committees to inform them of the bid. The bidding employer convenes a meeting of the social and economic committee under the conditions set out in Article L. 2312-49. During the meeting of the social and economic committee of the company that…

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Article L2312-43 of the French Labour Code

The hearing of the offeror referred to in the last paragraph of Article L. 2312-42 shall be held within one week of the filing of the draft takeover bid. During the hearing, the bidder may be assisted by persons of his choice. The bidder presents to the social and economic committee its industrial and financial policy, its strategic plans for the company concerned and the repercussions of the implementation of…

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Article L2312-44 of the French Labour Code

Within three days of publication of the offer, the offeror shall send the information memorandum referred to in III of Article L. 621-8 of the Monetary and Financial Code to the social and economic committee to which the offer relates.

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Article L2312-45 of the French Labour Code

The Chartered Accountant appointed pursuant to the last paragraph of Article L. 2312-42 shall draw up a report assessing the industrial and financial policy and the strategic plans that the bidder intends to apply to the company that is the subject of the bid, as well as the repercussions of their implementation on all the interests, employment, sites of activity and location of the decision-making centres of the latter company….

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Article L2312-46 of the French Labour Code

I. – Before the board of directors or supervisory board issues its reasoned opinion on the merits of the bid and its consequences for the target company, its shareholders and employees, the social and economic committee of the company that is the target of the bid shall be convened and consulted on the proposed bid. During this meeting, it shall examine the report drawn up by the Chartered Accountant pursuant…

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Article L2312-47 of the French Labour Code

At the request of the employer making the offer, the employer of the company to which the offer relates may convene a meeting of its social and economic committee within two working days of the announcement of the offer. Articles L. 2312-42 to L. 2312-46 apply. The periods provided for in these same articles run from the announcement of the offer. In the event of a significant change in the…

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Article L2312-48 of the French Labour Code

A company which has made an offer and whose employer, or the representative appointed by the employer from among the company’s officers or employees, fails to attend the meeting of the social and economic committee to which he has been invited in accordance with the conditions set out in Articles L. 2312-42 and L. 2312-46, may not exercise the voting rights attached to the securities of the company which is…

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Article L2312-49 of the French Labour Code

By way of derogation from article L. 2312-14, an employer who launches a public takeover bid for the capital of a company is not required to consult the social and economic committee prior to such launch. However, the employer must convene a meeting of the social and economic committee within two working days of the publication of the offer, or of the announcement of the offer in the case provided…

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Article L2312-50 of the French Labour Code

If the takeover bid is made by a company that does not have a social and economic committee, the employer informs the employees directly. Similarly, if there is no social and economic committee in the company which is the subject of the bid, the employer of that company shall inform the employees directly. In this case, within three days of publication of the offer document referred to in III of…

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Article L2312-51 of the French Labour Code

If, following the public offer, the bidder has acquired control of the company which is the subject of the offer within the meaning of Articles L. 233-1, L. 233-3 and L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code, it shall report to the social and economic committee of that company, during the sixth, twelfth and twenty-fourth months following the close of the bid, on the manner in which it has implemented the…

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