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Article L236-22 of the French Commercial code

Where the division is to be carried out by contributions to new companies, each of the new companies may be formed without any contribution other than that of the divided company.

In this case, and if the shares of each of the new companies are allocated to the shareholders of the company being divided in proportion to their rights in the capital of that company, the report referred to in Article L. 236-10 need not be drawn up, nor, where applicable, the report referred to in I of Article L. 236-9.

Where the new companies are joint-stock companies, the report referred to in I of Article L. 236-9 may be drawn up.
Where the new companies are limited liability companies, the members of the companies which are disappearing may act as of right as founders of the new companies and the procedure shall be in accordance with the provisions governing limited liability companies.

In all cases, where the new companies are limited liability companies, the members of the disappearing companies may act as of right as founders of the new companies and the procedure shall be in accordance with the provisions governing limited liability companies.
In all cases, where the new companies are joint stock companies, the draft articles of association of the new companies are approved by the extraordinary general meeting of the company being divided. There is no need for the operation to be approved by the general meeting of each of the new companies.

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Article L236-22

Lorsque la scission doit être réalisée par apports à des sociétés nouvelles, chacune des sociétés nouvelles peut être constituée sans autre apport que celui de la société scindée.


En ce cas, et si les actions de chacune des sociétés nouvelles sont attribuées aux actionnaires de la société scindée proportionnellement à leurs droits dans le capital de cette société, il n’y a pas lieu à l’établissement du rapport mentionné à l’article L. 236-10 ni, le cas échéant, à celui mentionné au I de l’article L. 236-9.


Lorsque les sociétés nouvelles sont des sociétés à responsabilité limitée, les associés des sociétés qui disparaissent peuvent agir de plein droit en qualité de fondateurs des sociétés nouvelles et il est procédé conformément aux dispositions régissant les sociétés à responsabilité limitée.


Dans tous les cas, lorsque les sociétés nouvelles sont des sociétés par actions, les projets de statuts des sociétés nouvelles sont approuvés par l’assemblée générale extraordinaire de la société scindée. Il n’y a pas lieu à approbation de l’opération par l’assemblée générale de chacune des sociétés nouvelles.

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