Notwithstanding I and II of article R. 214-32-29, company mutual funds and employee shareholding open-ended investment companies may hold, without limitation, securities issued by the company or by a company affiliated to it under the conditions set out in articles L. 3344-1 and L. 3344-2 of the Labour Code.
In the case of shares in limited liability companies issued by a company governed by law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation and shares in mutual or cooperative banks, without prejudice to the specific rules applicable to these entities, the 10% limit provided for in II of article R. 214-32-29 is raised to 50% provided that the articles of association of this company do not include any restriction on the immediate redemption of shares held by the fund.
Company mutual funds and employee shareholding open-ended investment companies may not hold more than 10% of the financial instruments carrying voting rights of any single issuer.
By way of derogation from II of article R. 214-32-35 and the previous paragraph, company mutual funds and employee shareholding open-ended investment companies may hold more than 10% of the securities issued by the company or by any company affiliated to it under the conditions set out in articles L. 3344-1 and L. 3344-2 of the Labour Code.
The cumulative amount of liquid assets recorded at the time of each net asset value calculation for the current year may not exceed one-fifth of the sum of net assets for the same period. The AMF Board may decide to make exceptional exceptions to this rule.
When the proportion of the assets of a fonds commun de placement d’entreprise (company mutual fund) or a société d’investissement à capital variable d’actionnariat salarié (open-ended employee shareholding investment company) invested in securities of the company or any of its affiliates falls below one-third, the management company of the fund or the open-ended investment company shall, in their securities purchase and sale transactions, give priority to rectifying this situation as quickly as possible, while taking into account the interests of unit or share holders.