delegates to the Board of Directors, for a period of twenty-six months following the date of this Shareholders’ Meeting, with the right to sub-delegate in accordance with legal provisions in force and the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, the authority to decide, at its own discretion, to issue, on one or more occasions, in the amounts and at the times of its choosing, in France and abroad, in euro, in foreign currency or a unit of account set with reference to several currencies, public offerings different from those referred to in 1° of Article L. 411-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, against payment or free of charge, with or without a premium, ordinary shares and/or securities referred to in Articles L. 228-92 paragraph 1 or L. 228-93 paragraphs 1 and 3 of the French Commercial Code and that confer or may confer by any means, immediately or in the future, at any time or at a predetermined date, access, by subscription, conversion, exchange, redemption, presentation of a warrant or by any other means, to ordinary shares in the Company or one of its direct or indirect subsidiaries (including share capital securities conferring entitlement to the allocation of debt securities) as the case may be, the subscription for which may be paid in cash, by a set off against debts, and/or by incorporating reserves, earnings or premiums.
It is specified that the issuance of preferred shares or securities that confer the right to preferred shares is not allowed.