2007 - April

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General information on the company and its share capital
2.2.3. Authorized and unissued share capital
The Company’s Board of Directors may increase the share capital under the following authorizations:
In Euros
Date of the EGM (c)
Authorization end
date
Authorized amount
Previous years
increases
Increases carried out
over the year
Residual amount on the
date the present table
was set up
Authorization to increase the capital with
preferentialsubscription rights maintained
April 27, 2006 June 26, 2008 10,000,000 (a) N/A - 10,000,000 (a)
Authorization to increase the capital with
preferential subscription rights waived
April 27, 2006 June 26, 2008 10,000,000 (a) N/A - 10,000,000 (a)
Authorization to increase the capital with
preferential subscription rights waived in
favor of members of a company savings
scheme
April 27, 2006 June 26, 2008 500,000 N/A - 500,000
Authorization to increase the capital in
payment for securities acquisition
April 27, 2006 June 26, 2008 10 % of the share capital N/A - 10% of the share capital
Authorization to issue warrants April 27, 2006 June 26, 2009 5 % of the share capital N/A (b) 259,000
Authorization to grant free shares to be
issued
April 27, 2006 June 26, 2009 5 % of the share capital N/A N/A 5% of the share capita
(a) Joint cap.
(b) The authorization given to the Executive Board and then to the Board of Directors was used with three schemes issued in 2007. No options issued under these schemes were exercised in 2007.
The maximum capital increase associated with these three schemes represents 103,600 euros.
(c) The General Meeting that decided on August 28 th , 2007 to change the company’s management structure with the adoption of the Board of Directors formula provided for the possibility for these
delegations, which were initially granted to the Executive Board by the General meeting on April 27 th , 2006, to be used by the Board of Directors.
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