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Article L228-10 of the French Commercial code

Shares are only negotiable after the company has been registered in the Trade and Companies Register. In the event of a capital increase, the shares may be traded as from the completion of the increase.

Trading in share promises is prohibited, unless they relate to shares to be created for which admission to trading on a regulated market has been applied for, or on the occasion of an increase in the capital of a company whose existing shares are already admitted to trading on a regulated market. In this case, trading is valid only if it is carried out subject to the condition precedent that the capital increase is completed. In the absence of an express indication, this condition is presumed.

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Article L228-10

Les actions ne sont négociables qu’après l’immatriculation de la société au registre du commerce et des sociétés. En cas d’augmentation de capital, les actions sont négociables à compter de la réalisation de celle-ci.

La négociation de promesse d’actions est interdite, à moins qu’il ne s’agisse d’actions à créer dont l’admission sur un marché réglementé a été demandée, ou à l’occasion d’une augmentation du capital d’une société dont les actions anciennes sont déjà admises aux négociations sur un marché réglementé. En ce cas, la négociation n’est valable que si elle est effectuée sous la condition suspensive de la réalisation de l’augmentation de capital. A défaut d’indication expresse, cette condition est présumée.

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