An intermediary who has satisfied the obligations set out in the seventh and eighth paragraphs of Article L. 228-1 may, by virtue of a general securities management mandate, transmit for a meeting the vote or power of an owner of shares or bonds.
Before transmitting powers or votes at a general meeting, the intermediary registered in accordance with Article L. 228-1 is required, at the request of the issuing company or its agent, to provide a list of the non-resident owners of the shares or bonds to which these voting rights are attached and the quantity of shares or bonds held by each of them. This list shall be provided under the conditions set out in Articles L. 228-2 or L. 228-3, as applicable.
A vote or proxy issued by an intermediary who either has not declared himself as such pursuant to the eighth paragraph of article L. 228-1 or the second paragraph of this article, or has not disclosed the identity of the owners of the securities pursuant to articles L. 228-2 or L. 228-3, may not be taken into account respectively at shareholders’ meetings in the case of equity securities or securities giving access to the capital or at bondholders’ general meetings in the case of bonds.