|
financial service of the securities issued pursuant to this delegation and the exercise of the rights attached thereto, |
- |
take any decision with a view to the admission of the shares and securities so issued to any market on which the
shares of the Company may be admitted to trading, |
specifies that the delegation thus granted to the Board of Directors is
valid for a period of eighteen (18) months from the date of this Meeting and terminates any previous delegation having the same purpose,
notes the fact that should the Board of Directors make use of the delegation of authority granted to it in this resolution, the Board will report
to the next Ordinary General Meeting, in accordance with the law and regulations, on the use made of the authorizations granted in this resolution.
Sixteenth resolution
Delegation of authority to be granted to the Board of Directors to increase the capital by issuing ordinary shares or any other
securities with cancellation of shareholders preferential subscription rights in favor of a category of persons meeting specified characteristics (e.g. credit institution, investment services provider or member of an investment pool
guaranteeing the completion of the issue in question), including, as the case may, within the framework of an equity financing program known as At-the-market
or ATM.
The General Meeting, voting under the quorum and majority conditions required for extraordinary general
meetings,
having reviewed the report of the Board of Directors and the Statutory Auditors report,
in accordance with the provisions the French Commercial Code and, in particular, Articles L. 22-10-49, L. 225-12-2, L. 225-135, L-225-138 and L. 228-91 et seq.,
delegates to the Board of
Directors, with the right to subdelegate under the legal conditions, its authority to decide, on one or more occasions, in the proportions and at the times it sees fit, both in France and abroad, the issue of ordinary shares of the Company
(including as the case may, represented by American Depositary Shares or American Depositary Receipts, notably within the framework of an equity financing program known as
At-the-market or ATM on the American market), as well as any securities that are equity securities giving access to equity securities (including,
in particular, share subscription warrants or share issue warrants), or giving right to the allocation of debt securities, said shares or other securities may be issued in euros, in a foreign currency or in any monetary unit established by reference
to several currencies at the discretion of the Board of Directors,
resolves that the securities so issued may consist of debt securities, be
associated with the issue of such securities or permit the issue of such securities as intermediated securities,
resolves that the total
nominal amount of the capital increases that may be carried out, immediately or in the future by virtue of this resolution, is set at 1,499,333 euros (representing 30% of the Companys share capital as at the date when this General Meeting was
convened), or its equivalent in foreign currency, to which shall be added, if applicable, the nominal value of additional shares or securities to be issued, if any, in order to preserve, in accordance with the law and as the case may be to the
applicable contractual provisions, the rights of the holders of securities and other rights giving access to the capital,
resolves that this
amount will be deducted from the overall ceiling referred to in the Twenty-fourth resolution below,
The total nominal amount of the issues of debt
securities giving access to the capital which may be carried out in this way may not exceed 300,000,000 euros (or the equivalent value of this amount in the case of an issue in another currency), it being specified that:
13