Shall face a criminal charge, chairmen, directors or general managersof a company that have
issued securities offered to the public:
1) Without a notice ispublished in a newspaper authorized to publish legal notices prior to any
announcement;
2) Without the prospectus and circulars reproduce the information of the notice referred to in
the first paragraph of this article, and bearing no mention of the publication of such notice in
a newspaper authorized to publish legal notices with reference to the issuein which it was
published;
P. 262 of 267
3) Without posters and announcements in newspapers reproduce the same information, or at
least an extract of suchinformation with reference to the said notice, and indications of the
issue of the newspaper authorized to publish legal notices in which it was published;
4) Without posters, prospectus and circulars showing the signature of the individual or the
representative of the company who made the offer and specify whether the offeredsecurities
are listed or not, and if so, on which stock exchange.
The same sanctions shall be applicable to persons thatserved as accessories in the transfer of
securities without having complied with the requirements ofthis article.
P. 263 of 267
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Section 905 of the Acte uniforme révisé relatif au droit des sociétés commerciales et du groupement d'intérêt économique/akn/ohada/act/loi/undated/auscgie-2014