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Article L236-33 of the French Commercial code

By way of derogation from Article L. 236-1 and where the laws of at least one of the Member States of the European Union involved in the merger so permit, the merger agreement may provide, for the cross-border mergers referred to in Article L. 236-31, for the payment of a cash balance in excess of 10% of the nominal value or, failing that, of the accounting par value of the securities, units or shares allotted.

The accounting par value is defined as the proportion of the share capital represented by one share or unit.

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Article L236-33

Par dérogation à l’article L. 236-1 et lorsque la législation d’au moins un des Etats membres de l’Union européenne concernés par la fusion le permet, le traité de fusion peut prévoir, pour les fusions transfrontalières mentionnées à l’article L. 236-31, le versement d’une soulte en espèces supérieure à 10 % de la valeur nominale ou, à défaut, du pair comptable des titres, parts ou actions attribués.


Le pair comptable est défini comme la quote-part du capital social représentée par une action ou une part sociale.

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