I.-It is punishable by a fine of 18,000 euros for the chairmen, directors, members of the management board, managers or managing directors of legal entities, as well as for natural persons, to refrain from fulfilling the information obligations to which that person is bound, pursuant to Article L. 233-7, as a result of the shareholdings it holds.
II.The same penalty shall apply if the chairmen, directors, members of the management board, managers or managing directors of a company fail to make the notifications that the company is required to make pursuant to Article L. 233-12, due to the shareholdings it holds in the joint stock company that controls it.
III.The same penalty shall apply if the chairmen, directors, members of the management board, managers or managing directors of a company fail to mention in the report presented to the shareholders on the operations of the financial year the identity of the persons holding significant shareholdings in this company, the changes that occurred during the financial year, the names of the controlled companies and the proportion of the company’s capital held by these companies, in accordance with the conditions set out in Article L. 233-13.
IV.-The same penalty shall apply if the statutory auditor omits from his report the information referred to in III.
V. – For companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a financial instruments market referred to in II of Article L. 233-7, proceedings shall be instituted after the opinion of the Autorité des marchés financiers has been requested.