A company savings plan established by agreement with the employees may provide for the allocation of sums paid into a dedicated fund for the repurchase of shares in this company or shares issued by companies created under the conditions provided for in article 220 nonies of the General Tax Code, as well as shares in a company in the same group within the meaning of the second paragraph of article L. 3344-1, as part of a repurchase operation reserved for employees.
The sums or securities entered in the participants’ accounts, upon their individual decision, must be held until the end of the buy-back operation mentioned in 2°, without the holding period being less than three years. However, a decree specifies the cases in which the sums or values mentioned above may exceptionally be released before the expiry of this period.
Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 3332-17, 95% of the fund’s assets may be invested in company shares.
Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 214-165 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, the members of the Supervisory Board are elected by all employees holding units.
The establishment of this fund is subject to the following conditions:
1° At least ten employees, or at least 20% of the employees if the company’s workforce does not exceed fifty employees, are involved in the buy-back operation reserved for employees;
2° The agreement with the employees specifies the identity of the employees involved in the operation, the final control of the company within the meaning ofarticle L. 233-16 of the French Commercial Code and the term of the operation.