The Board of Directors or the Management Board may decide to pay a collective profit-sharing supplement in respect of the financial year just ended, in compliance with the ceilings mentioned in Article L. 3314-8 and in accordance with the allocation procedures provided for by the profit-sharing agreement or by a specific agreement concluded in accordance with the procedures provided for in Article L. 3312-5.
These sums may in particular be allocated to a company savings plan, an inter-company savings plan, a collective retirement savings plan or a collective company retirement savings plan.
In a company where there is neither a board of directors nor a management board, the employer may decide to pay a profit-sharing supplement under the conditions set out in this article.
The application to the profit-sharing supplement of the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 3312-4 does not give rise to the application of article L. 131-7 of the Social Security Code.