The sharing undertaking defined in article L. 23-11-1 is set out in an agreement between any holder of securities and the company concerned, which undertakes to transfer the amount resulting from the sharing commitment to the employees concerned, from which it will deduct the tax and social security charges that this transfer generates.
The signature of the capital gains sharing agreement is subject to the prior existence, in each company mentioned in Article L. 23-11-1, of a company savings plan defined in Articles L. 3332-1 et seq. of the French Labour Code.
The purpose of the capital gains sharing contract is to define the terms and conditions for distributing the sums resulting from the commitment among the employees. It defines in particular:
1° The period for which it is concluded, for a minimum of five years;
2° Its scope, subject to article L. 23-11-3 of this Code;
3° The methods for calculating the sums paid to employees, which take into account the change in value of the securities sold between the date of their acquisition and the date of their sale and which may not exceed 10% of the amount of the capital gain referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 23-11-1 of this Code, determined under the conditions provided for in the premier alinéa du 1 de l’article 150-0 D du code général des impôts, ce montant incluant, le cas échéant, le montant des compléments de prix afférents à cette même cession;
4° Les conditions d’information des salariés ;
5° The agreed procedures for settling disputes that may arise in the application of the agreement;
6° The minimum period between the date of conclusion of the sharing agreement and the date of the transfer of the securities, which may not be less than three years.