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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION21.2. CONSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENTS AND BY-LAWS21person acting alone or in concert who directly orindirectly holds or ceases to hold a fraction — ofthe capital, of voting rights or shares giving futureaccess to the capital of the Company — equal toor greater than 1.5 % or a multiple of this fraction,must notify the Company by registered letter withacknowledgement of receipt within a fifteen day periodfrom the date this threshold is exceeded, specifyingtheir identity as well as that of the personsacting in concert with them, and the total numberof shares, voting rights and shares that give futureaccess to the capital, that they own alone, directlyor indirectly or in concert.Failure to comply with the preceding provisions is penalizedby the deprivation of voting rights for sharesexceeding the fraction which should have been declared,for any Meeting of the shareholders takingplace up to the expiry of a two year period followingthe regularisation date of the notification specifiedabove, if the application of this penalty is requestedby one or more shareholders holding at least 1.5 % ofthe share capital or voting rights of the Company.This request is recorded in the minutes of the GeneralMeeting.The intermediary who is registered as the shareholderin accordance with the third paragraph of articleL. 228-1 of the Commercial Code must make thedeclarations specified in this article for all shares forwhich he is registered, without prejudice to the obligationsof shareholders.Failure to comply with this requirement shall bepenalized in accordance with article L. 228-3-3 ofthe Commercial Code.As at August 4, 2009, the company FranklinResources Inc. has declared to the Company that ithas exceeded the 1.50 % threshold and that as at May31, 2009 it held shares in the capital and voting rightsrespectively equal to 1.9145 % of the Company’s sharecapital and 1.2097 % of its voting rights.21.2.8. Conditions governing changes to the sharecapitalThe share capital can be increased, reduced or amortisedin accordance with the laws and regulationsin force.2009 registration document - VICAT 195