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INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
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information
on the company
4.1 General information on the company 118
4.1.1 Company name and registered office 118
4.1.2 Legal status 118
4.1.3 Applicable legislation 118
4.1.4 Company founding date and term 118
4.1.5 Trade and Companies Register 118
4.1.6 Site for consultation of legal documents regarding the company 118
4.1.7 Accounting period 118
4.2 Additional information on the company 118
4.2.1 Incorporating document and Articles of Association 118
4.2.1.1 Corporate purpose (Article 3 of the Articles of Association) 118
4.2.1.2 Statutory distribution of profits
(Article 17 of the Articles of Association) 119
4.2.1.3 General Meetings (Article 14 of the Articles of Association) 119
4.2.1.4 Provision establishing the threshold over which shareholdings
must be disclosed (Article 6 of the Articles of Association) 119
4.2.1.5 Rights attached to shares
(Articles 7 and 8 of the Articles of Association) 119
4.2.1.6 Provision delaying a change in control 120
4.2.1.7 Consent clause 120
4.2.1.8 Provision governing changes in capital
when said conditions are stricter than the law 120
4.2.1.9 Amendment of the Articles of Association 120
4.2.2 Share capital 120
4.2.2.1 Subscribed capital 120
4.2.2.2 Comparison between the number of outstanding
shares on the start and end dates of the fiscal year 120
4.2.2.3 Share buyback program 120
4.2.2.4 Authorized unissued capital 121
4.2.2.5 Convertible securities, exchangeable securities
and securities with share subscription warrants… 122
4.2.2.6 Share subscription warrants 124
4.2.2.7 Employee stock ownership under
the Company Mutual Fund (hereafter “FCPE”) 125
4.2.2.8 Securities not representing capital 125
4.2.2.9 Right to acquire or obligation attached
to subscribed capital not yet paid up 125
4.2.2.10 Option or unconditional agreement on a member of the group 125
4.2.2.11 Identification of shareholders 125
4.2.2.12 Market in which the company’s stock is traded 127
4.2.2.13 Dividends 127
4.2.2.14 Establishment providing securities services 127
4.2.3 Main shareholders 128
4.2.3.1 Changes in the distribution of capital
during the last three fiscal years 128
4.2.3.2 Distribution of capital and voting rights as of April 30, 2007 129
4.2.3.3 Shareholders’ agreement 130
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