SECTION 507

Under penalty of invalidity of the agreement, the general director or the deputy general director, when one wasappointed, as well astheir spouses, ascendants or descendants and intermediaries, are prohibited from contracting, in any form whatsoever, loans from the company, being grantedan overdraft on a current account or otherwise, or to have the company provide guarantee or secure their commitments to third parties. However, when the company is a banking or financial institution, it may grant its general director or its deputy general director, in any form whatsoever, a loan, an overdraft on a checking account or otherwise, an endorsement, a suretyship or other guarantee, if these agreements pertain toroutine transactions carried outin the ordinary course of business. Absence and removal of the generaldirector