I.-When the issuing company or the third party appointed by it believes that certain holders whose identity has been disclosed to them are acting on behalf of third parties who own the securities, they are entitled to ask these holders to disclose the information concerning the owners of these securities either under the conditions set out in Article L. 228-2 for bearer shares, or under the conditions set out in the first paragraph of article L. 228-3 for registered shares.
II.-Following these transactions, and without prejudice to the obligations to declare significant shareholdings imposed by the articles L. 233-7, L. 233-12 et L. 233-13, the issuing company may ask any legal entity that owns its shares and has holdings exceeding one-fortieth of the capital or voting rights to inform it of the identity of persons directly or indirectly holding more than one-third of that legal entity’s share capital or voting rights that are exercised at its general meetings.
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