Sixteenth resolution
Delegation of authority to be granted to the Board of Directors to increase the share capital by issuing ordinary shares and/or any other securities, with the shareholders’ preferential subscription rights maintained,
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 of Articles L. 225-129 et seq. of the Commercial Code and, in particular, Articles L. 225-129 to L. 225-129-6, L. 22-10-49, L. 225-132, L. 225-133, L. 225-134, L. 228-91, L. 228-92 and L. 228-93 thereof,
delegates to the Board of Directors, with powers to delegate and sub-delegate as permitted by law, its authority to decide, in the proportions and at the times it sees fit, on one or more capital increases by issuing, in France or abroad, ordinary shares of the Company or equity securities giving access to other equity securities or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities, and/or securities (including in particular all debt securities) giving access to equity securities of the Company or of any company which directly or indirectly owns more than half of its capital or of which it owns directly or indirectly more than half of the capital, such securities being issuable in euros, in foreign currency or in any monetary unit whatsoever established by reference to several currencies at the discretion of the Board of Directors, and which may be paid up in cash, including by offsetting debts,
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 shareholders shall have, in proportion to the amount of their shares, a preferential subscription right to the ordinary shares or securities which may be issued pursuant to this delegation,
grants the Board of Directors the right to grant shareholders the right to subscribe, on a reducible basis, to a number of shares or securities greater than that which they could subscribe on an irreducible basis, in proportion to the rights they hold and, in any event up to the limit of their request,
resolves to set at 1,137,107.75 euros, (or the equivalent of this amount in the event of an issue in another currency) the maximum nominal amount of capital increases likely to be carried out, immediately and/or in the future, by virtue of this resolution, it being specified that to this ceiling will be added, if necessary, the nominal value of the shares to be issued to preserve, in accordance with the law, and, if necessary, with the applicable contractual stipulations , the rights of holders of securities and other rights giving access to capital,
resolves to establish at 300,000,000 euros (or the equivalent value of this amount in the event of an issue in another currency) the maximum nominal amount of debt securities which may be issued pursuant to this delegation, it being specified that:
| • | | this amount will be increased, if applicable, by any redemption premium above par, |
| • | | this ceiling does not apply to the debt securities referred to in Articles L. 228-40, L. 228-36-A and L. 228-92 paragraph 3 of the Commercial Code, the issue of which is decided or authorized by the Board of Directors under the conditions provided for in Article L. 228-40 of the Commercial Code, or in other cases, under the conditions determined by the Company in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 228-36- A of the Commercial Code, |
resolves that, if subscriptions have not absorbed the entire issue, the Board of Directors may use one or other of the following options, in the order it shall determine:
| • | | limit the issue to the amount of the subscriptions, provided that they reach at least three-quarters of the issue initially decided, |
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