When, during a financial year, a company has acquired a holding in a company with its registered office in the territory of the French Republic representing more than one twentieth, one tenth, one fifth, one third or one half of the capital of that company or has acquired control of such a company, this is mentioned in the report presented to the shareholders on the operations of the financial year and, where applicable, in the statutory auditors’ report.
The board of directors, the management board or the manager of a company shall give an account in its report of the activity and results of the company as a whole, of the company’s subsidiaries and of the companies it controls by branch of activity. Where that company prepares and publishes consolidated accounts, the above-mentioned report may be included in the group management report referred to in article L. 233-26.