The General Meeting which decides on the capital increase may provide for the free allocation of shares or other securities giving access to the capital.
The total benefit resulting from this allocation and, where applicable, from the difference between the subscription price and the average share price referred to in article L. 3332-19, or between the subscription price and the sale price determined in accordance with article L. 3332-20, may not exceed the advantage that members of the savings plan would have enjoyed if this difference had been 30% or 40% when the lock-up period provided for by the plan pursuant to articles L. 3332-25 and L. 3332-26 is ten years or more.
In addition, the General Meeting may also provide for the free allotment of shares or other securities giving access to the capital, provided that the taking into account of their pecuniary equivalent, valued at the subscription price, does not have the effect of exceeding the limits provided for in article L. 3332-11.