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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-69

Every bondholder has the right to obtain, under the conditions and within the time limits determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, communication of the text of the resolutions that will be proposed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-23

In a company whose shares are not admitted to trading on a regulated market, the transfer of shares or securities giving access to the capital, for any reason whatsoever, may be subject to the company…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-77

In the event of an issue of bonds with collateral, the collateral is constituted by the company prior to or at the same time as the issue, on behalf of the bondholders. Acceptance results solely from…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-10

Shares are only negotiable after the company has been registered in the Trade and Companies Register. In the event of a capital increase, the shares may be traded as from the completion of the increas…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-24

If an approval clause is stipulated, the request for approval indicating the full name and address of the transferee, the number of shares or securities giving access to the capital whose transfer is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-99

The company called upon to allot the equity securities or securities giving access thereto must take the measures necessary to protect the interests of the holders of the rights thus created if it dec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-6

Notwithstanding any provisions of the Articles of Association to the contrary, companies whose securities are not admitted to trading on a regulated market or to the operations of a central depository…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-70

Bondholders are not individually entitled to exercise control over the company's operations or to request disclosure of corporate documents.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29

On expiry of the period set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, shares in respect of which the payments due have not been made shall cease to entitle the holder to admission and voting rights at sharehol…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-81

…of guarantee constituted subsequent to the issue of the bonds are constituted by the company on behalf of the bondholders' group. They are accepted by the representative of the bondholders' group.

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