The chairman, directors or managing directors of a public limited company are liable to a fine of €150,000, issue shares or share denominations without the previously subscribed capital of the company having been paid up in full or without the new contribution shares having been paid up in full before the amending entry in the Trade and Companies Register or without the new cash shares having been paid up, at the time of subscription, by at least one quarter of their nominal value and, where applicable, by the entire issue premium.
The penalty provided for in this article may be doubled where the shares or share denominations issued have been the subject of an offer to the public, with the exception of the offers referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or Article L. 411-2-1 of the same code.
This article does not apply either to shares that have been duly issued by conversion of bonds convertible at any time or by use of warrants, or to shares issued under the conditions provided for in articles L. 232-18 to L. 232-20.