SECTION 831

Before the meeting of shareholders, companies making public offerings for placement of their securities or whose securities are registered in one or more States parties are required to publish, in newspapers authorizedto publish legal notices of State party of the headquarters location and, where appropriate, of other States parties where public offeringsaremade, a notice containing, in addition to information provided for in article 257-1 above, the following information: 1) the agenda of the meeting; 2) the draft resolutions presented to the meeting by the board of directors; 3) the venuewhere shares shall be delivered; 4) except in the case where the company distributes to shareholders a mail ballot form, the venue (s) and conditions for obtaining these forms.