French Commercial code
In forceThe proposed formation of a European holding company is the subject, by each company registered in France that participates in the transaction, of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements in the department of the registered office and in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires when the shares of at least one of these companies are admitted to trading on a regulated market or when the shares of at least one of these companies are not all in registered form.
This notice shall include the following information:
1° The name of the promoting company followed, where applicable, by its acronym, the address of its registered office, the amount of its share capital, the information provided for in 1° and 2° of Article R. 123-237 and, where applicable, its registration number in the State in which it has its registered office;
2° The corporate name followed, where applicable, by its acronym, the address of the registered office and the amount of capital envisaged for the European holding company;
3° A statement of the minimum percentage of shares or units in each of the companies promoting the transaction that the shareholders or holders must contribute for the company to be formed;
4° The share or unit exchange ratio and, where applicable, the amount of the balancing payment due;
5° The date of the draft and the date and place of its filing at the registry of the court within whose jurisdiction each promoting company is registered.
This filing and the publicity provided for in the first paragraph shall be carried out at least one month before the date of the first meeting called to decide on the transaction.
