8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

June 14, 2005

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

BUSINESS OBJECTS S.A.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Republic of France	0-24720	98-0355777
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation)		Identification Number)

157-159 Rue Anatole France, 92300 Levallois-Perret,
France

(Address of principal executive offices)

(408) 953-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act ((17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act ((17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXHIBIT 3.1

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

     On June 14, 2005, the shareholders of Business Objects S.A. (the “Company”) authorized the Company’s board of directors to issue warrants (the “Warrants”) to subscribe to 45,000 ordinary shares to each of Gerald Held and Carl S. Pascarella, each a non-employee director of the Company. This authorization will expire on June 14, 2006. The exercise price per share underlying the Warrants is equal 22.13 euros, corresponding to the closing price of the Company’s ordinary shares as listed on Eurolist by Euronext on the last trading date prior to the date of the shareholders’ meeting. The Warrants shall vest over three years, as follows: one-third of the shares shall be exercisable on or after June 1, 2006, one-third of the shares shall be exercisable on or after June 1, 2007 and one-third of the shares shall be exercisable on or after June 1, 2008. The expiration date of the Warrants shall be the earlier to occur of (i) the seventh anniversary of their issuance or (ii) the 90^th day following the date on which the director ceases to be a member of the board of directors.

Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

     On June 14, 2005, the shareholders of the Company approved amendments to the Memorandum and Articles of Association, Up-Dated Bylaws (the “Amended Bylaws”). The following table sets forth a brief summary of the material modification approved by Company’s shareholders. The summary that follows is not intended to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended Bylaws included as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Bylaw Provision	Provision, as Amended	Former Provision
Articles 7.2	In addition to the legal obligation to inform to the Company the holding of certain fractions of the capital or voting rights, any natural or legal person acting alone or in concert who becomes the acquirer of a number of shares equal to or greater than 2%, of the share capital or voting rights or a multiple of this percentage, shall within five trading days of crossing the holding threshold, inform the Company of the total number of shares or voting rights which this person holds by a registered letter incorporating a proof of delivery slip addressed to Company headquarters or by an equivalent means in accordance with foreign law.           Should this obligation to inform not be fulfilled and should one or more shareholders holding at least 2% of the share capital or voting rights so require, shares in excess of the fraction which should have been declared are deprived of the voting rights at any shareholders’ meeting held within the term of two years following the date of regularizing the notification.	Any natural or legal person acting alone or in concert who acquires a number of shares representing more than one twentieth, one tenth, one fifth, one third, half or two thirds of the shares capital or voting rights, shall inform the Company, within five trading days of crossing the holding threshold, of the total number of shares or voting rights which this person holds.           In the event a shareholder fails to notify the Company, one or several shareholders holding together at least 5% of the share capital or voting rights may request that the shares or voting right certificates be deprived from voting rights for as long as notification is completed and for a two-year period thereafter.

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

     An ordinary and extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Company was held on June 14, 2005 at 2:00 p.m., Paris time, at which meeting the Company’s shareholders took the following actions.

     Within the authority of the ordinary shareholders’ meeting, the following items were voted on:

1. Approval of the statutory financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.

For	43,789,787
Against	437,602
Abstain	2,202

2. Approval of the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.

For	43,928,143
Against	297,822
Abstain	3,626

3. Allocation of earnings for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.

For	44,111,929
Against	114,672
Abstain	2,990

4. Renewal of the term of office of Mr. Gerald Held as Director.

For	44,211,066
Against	16,329
Abstain	2,196

5. Ratification of the appointment of Mr. Carl Pascarella as Director.

For	44,211,393
Against	15,323
Abstain	2,875

6. Appointment of, as replacements for the second statutory auditors, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and the second alternate statutory auditors, BEAS, of BDO Marque & Gendrot, as second statutory auditors and Rouer, Bernard, Bretout, as second alternate statutory auditors.

For	44,179,001
Against	47,469
Abstain	3,121

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7. Ratification of regulated agreements.

For	43,039,561
Against	1,184,882
Abstain	5,148

8. Increase of the aggregate amount of authorized directors’ fees.

For	41,277,735
Against	2,949,576
Abstain	2,280

9. Authorization granted to the Board of Directors to repurchase Ordinary Shares of the Company.

For	39,325,711
Against	4,901,509
Abstain	2,371

Within the authority of the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, the following items were voted on:

10. Authorization granted to the Board of Directors to reduce the share capital by cancellation of treasury shares.

For	44,147,248
Against	79,620
Abstain	2,723

11. Authorization granted to the Board of Directors to issue warrants to subscribe up to a maximum of 45,000 Ordinary Shares reserved for Mr. Gerald Held.

For	35,033,386
Against	9,195,160
Abstain	1,045

12. Authorization granted to the Board of Directors to issue warrants to subscribe up to a maximum of 45,000 Ordinary Shares reserved for Mr. Carl Pascarella.

For	33,930,793
Against	10,297,752
Abstain	1,045

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13. Authorization granted to the Board of Directors to increase the share capital through the issuance of Ordinary Shares, with subscription reserved to the participants in the Company Employee Savings Plan.

For	43,680,351
Against	546,269
Abstain	2,971

14. Delegation granted to the Board of Directors to increase the share capital through the issuance of Ordinary Shares, with subscription reserved to the 2004 Business Objects S.A. Employee Benefits Trust under the 2004 International Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

For	43,635,918
Against	591,037
Abstain	2,636

15. Authorization granted to the Board of Directors to allocate, free of charge, existing Ordinary Shares, or to issue new Ordinary Shares, free of charge, to the employees and certain officers of the Company and to the employees of the Company’s subsidiaries.

For	37,456,025
Against	6,744,443
Abstain	29,123

16. Approval of the amendment of article 7.2 of the Company’s articles of association in order to stipulate an additional obligation of disclosure in case of crossing of the holding threshold of 2% of the total number of Ordinary Shares or voting rights.

For	36,633,611
Against	7,572,804
Abstain	23,176

17. Approval of the amendment of article 7.3 of the Company’s articles of association to conform them to the new provisions of the French Commercial Code, as amended by French Decree No. 2004-604 dated June 24, 2004.

For	43,912,221
Against	313,368
Abstain	4,002

18. Approval of the removal of the fifteenth, seventeenth and twenty-fourth paragraphs of article 6 of the Company’s articles of association relating to the cancellation of warrants, following the resignation of certain Directors, in compliance with the provisions of the warrant agreements.

For	43,877,089
Against	346,315
Abstain	6,187

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Within the authority of the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, the following items were voted on:

19. To grant full powers of attorney to carry out registrations and formalities.

For	44,202,028
Against	19,012
Abstain	8,551

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit Number	Description
3.1	Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended June 14, 2005 (English translation)

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SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: June 20, 2005

BUSINESS OBJECTS S.A.
By:	/s/ James R. Tolonen
	James R. Tolonen
	Chief Financial Officer and Senior Group
	Vice President

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
3.1	Amended and Restated Bylaws of Business Objects S.A, as amended June 14, 2005 (English translation)

EX-3.1

EXHIBIT 3.1

BUSINESS OBJECTS S.A.
A French société anonyme
with a share capital of 9,622,926.10 euros
Registered office : 157-159 rue Anatole France
92300 Levallois-Perret
Register of Commerce and Companies Nanterre B 379 821 994

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

UP-DATED BY LAWS

June 14, 2005

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TITLE I

FORM - NAME - OBJECTS - REGISTERED OFFICE - DURATION

Article 1 - FORM

          There is, between the owners of the shares hereinafter issued and of those which could be subsequently issued, a corporation (société anonyme), governed by Part II of the Commercial Code and by the present Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Article 2 - NAME

          The name of the company is :

BUSINESS OBJECTS

          In all deeds and documents emanating from the company and addressed to third parties, this name must always be immediately preceded or followed by the words “Société anonyme” or the initials “S.A.” and by the mention of the amount of the capital.

Article 3 - OBJECTS

          The objects of the company are, directly and indirectly, in France and abroad :

          - all operations relating to the design and the sale of products and the rendering of services in the computer industries and in connected industries ;

          - and generally, any financial, commercial, industrial, civil, real estate or chattels operations related directly or indirectly to the above activities and to any similar or connected activities as well as to any social properties.

          Directly and indirectly on its behalf or on behalf of third parties, either alone, or with third parties, by way of creation of new companies, contributions, partnership, subscription, purchase of securities or of social rights, merger, association, or by way of subleasing of any properties or rights.

Article 4 - REGISTERED OFFICE

          The registered office of the company is at :

157-159 Rue Anatole France
92300 Levallois-Perret

          It may be transferred to any other place within the same district (département) or any adjacent district by decision of the board of directors subject to the ratification of this decision by the next ordinary general meeting of the shareholders.

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          It may be transferred to any other place pursuant to a resolution of the extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders.

Article 5 - DURATION

          The duration of the company shall be of ninety nine (99) years from the date of registration with the Register of Commerce and Companies, except in the event of early dissolution or extension decided by the extraordinary meeting of the shareholders.

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TITLE II

CAPITAL AND SHARES

Article 6 - CAPITAL

     The share capital of the Company is 9,622,926.10 euros.

     It is divided into 96,229,261 shares of 0.10 euro each.

          Mr. Albert Eisenstat is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant of 24,000 warrants entitling to the subscription of 36,000 shares, by the shareholder meeting held on June 21, 1995. The special advantages consist in (i) the granting of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the implementing of a fixed exercise price of 3.70 euros per share corresponding to the estimated value of a share as of April 25, 1995.

          Mr. Albert Eisenstat is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant of 24,000 warrants entitling to the subscription of 36,000 shares, by the shareholder meeting held on June 19, 1997. The special advantages consist in (i) the granting of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the implementing of a fixed exercise price of 2.81 euros per share corresponding to the estimated value of a share as of April 25, 1997.

          Mr. Vincent Worms is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant of 24,000 warrants entitling to the subscription of 36,000 shares, by the shareholder meeting held on June 19, 1997. The special advantages consist in (i) the granting of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the implementing of a fixed exercise price of 2.81 euros per share corresponding to the estimated value of a share as of April 25, 1997.

          Mr. Philippe Claude is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant of 24,000 warrants entitling to the subscription of 36,000 shares, by the shareholder meeting held on June 19, 1997. The special advantages consist in (i) the granting of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the implementing of a fixed exercise price of 2.81 euros per share corresponding to the estimated value of a share as of April 25, 1997.

          Mr. Arnold Silverman is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant of 24,000 warrants entitling to the subscription of 36,000 shares, by the shareholder meeting held on June 19, 1997. The special advantages consist in (i) the granting of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the implementing of a fixed exercise price of 2.81 euros per share corresponding to the estimated value of a share as of April 25, 1997.

          Mr. Arnold Silverman is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant of 60,000 warrants entitling to the subscription of 90,000 shares, by the shareholder meeting held on April 6, 1994. The special advantages consist in (i) the granting of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the implementing of a fixed exercise price of X euros per share corresponding to the estimated value of a share as of January 31, 1993.

          Mr. Bernard Charlès is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant of 50,000 warrants entitling to the subscription of 75,000 shares, by the shareholder meeting held on June 18, 1998. The special advantages consist in (i) the granting of such

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warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the implementing of a fixed exercise price of 4.91 euros per share corresponding to the estimated value of a share as of June 18, 1998.

          Mr. Albert Einsenstat is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant of 30,000 warrants entitling to the subscription of 45,000 shares, by the shareholder meeting held on June 18, 1998. The special advantages consist in (i) the granting of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the implementing of a fixed exercise price of 4.91 euros per share corresponding to the estimated value of a share as of June 18, 1998.

          Mr. Arnold Silverman is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant of 30,000 warrants entitling to the subscription of 45,000 shares, by the shareholder meeting held on June 18, 1998. The special advantages consist in (i) the granting of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the implementing of a fixed exercise price of 4.91 euros per share corresponding to the estimated value of a share as of June 18, 1998.

          Mr. Philippe Claude is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant of 20,000 warrants entitling to the subscription of 30,000 shares, by the shareholder meeting held on June 18, 1998. The special advantages consist in (i) the granting of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the implementing of a fixed exercise price of 4.91 euros per share corresponding to the estimated value of a share as of June 18, 1998.

          Mr. Vincent Worms is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant of 10,000 warrants entitling to the subscription of 15,000 shares, by the shareholder meeting held on June 18, 1998. The special advantages consist in (i) the granting of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the implementing of a fixed exercise price of 4.91 euros per share corresponding to the estimated value of a share as of June 18, 1998.

          Mr. Vincent Worms is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant of 30,000 warrants entitling to the subscription of 45,000 shares, by the shareholder meeting held on May 4, 1999. The special advantages consist in (i) the granting of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the implementing of a fixed exercise price of 7.58 euros per share corresponding to the estimated value of a share as of May 3, 1999.

          Mr. Bernard Charlès is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant of 15,000 warrants entitling to the subscription of 15,000 shares approved by the shareholders meeting held on June 12, 2001. The special advantages consist of (i) the grant of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the implementing of a fixed exercise price of 36.13 euros per share corresponding to the estimated market value of one share on June 11, 2001.

          Mr. Arnold Silverman is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant of 15,000 warrants entitling to the subscription of 15,000 shares approved by the shareholders meeting held on June 12, 2001. The special advantages consist of (i) the grant of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the implementing of a fixed exercise price of 36.13 euros per share corresponding to the estimated market value of one share on June 11, 2001.

     Mr. Gerald Held is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant by the Board meeting held on July 22, 2003 in compliance with the authorization of the Fourteenth Resolution of the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders held on May 15, 2003, of 15,000 warrants giving the right to subscribe to one share each; The special advantages consist of (i) the grant of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the benefit from a fixed exercise price per share of 19.45 euros, equal to the estimated market value of one share,

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corresponding of the closing price of one share as quoted on the Premier Marché of Euronext Paris S.A. on May 14, 2003.”

          Mr. Jean-François Heitz is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant by the Board meeting held on July 22, 2003 in compliance with the authorization of the Fifteenth Resolution of the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders held on May 15, 2003, of 15,000 warrants giving the right to subscribe to one share each; The special advantages consist of (i) the grant of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the benefit from a fixed exercise price per share of 19.45 euros, equal to the estimated market value of one share, corresponding of the closing price of one share as quoted on the Premier Marché of Euronext Paris S.A. on May 14, 2003.

          Mr. David Peterschmidt is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant by the Board meeting held on July 22, 2003 in compliance with the authorization of the Sixteenth Resolution of the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders held on May 15, 2003, of 15,000 warrants giving the right to subscribe to one share each; The special advantages consist of (i) the grant of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the benefit from a fixed exercise price per share of 19.45 euros, equal to the estimated market value of one share, corresponding of the closing price of one share as quoted on the Premier Marché of Euronext Paris S.A. on May 14, 2003.

          Mr. David Roux is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant by the Board meeting held on January 27, 2004 in compliance with the authorization of the Third Resolution of the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders held on December 11, 2003, of 15,000 warrants giving the right to subscribe to one share each; The special advantages consist of (i) the grant of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the benefit from a fixed exercise price per share of 26.95 euros, equal to the estimated market value of one share, corresponding of the closing price of one share as quoted on the Premier Marché of Euronext Paris S.A. on December 10, 2003.

          Mr. Arnold Silverman is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant by the Board meeting held on June 10, 2004 in compliance with the authorization of the Twelfth Resolution of the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders held on June 10, 2004, of 45,000 warrants giving the right to subscribe to one share each; The special advantages consist of (i) the grant of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the benefit from a fixed exercise price per share equal to 17.04 euros, being the closing price of the Company’s shares on the Premier Marché of Euronext Paris S.A. on June 9, 2004.

          Mr. Bernard Charlès is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant by the Board meeting held on June 10, 2004 in compliance with the authorization of the Fourteenth Resolution of the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders held on June 10, 2004, of 45,000 warrants giving the right to subscribe to one share each; The special advantages consist of (i) the grant of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the benefit from a fixed exercise price per share equal to 17.04 euros, being the closing price of the Company’s shares on the Premier Marché of Euronext Paris S.A. on June 9, 2004.

     Mr. Kurt Lauk is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant by the Board meeting held on June 10, 2004 in compliance with the authorization of the Fifteenth Resolution of the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders held on June 10, 2004, of 45,000 warrants giving the right to subscribe to one share each; The special advantages consist of (i) the grant of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the benefit from a fixed

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exercise price per share equal to 17.04 euros, being the closing price of the Company’s shares on the Premier Marché of Euronext Paris S.A. on June 9, 2004.

          Mr. Gerald Held is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant by the Board meeting held on June 10, 2004 in compliance with the authorization of the Sixteenth Resolution of the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders held on June 10, 2004, of 30,000 warrants giving the right to subscribe to one share each; The special advantages consist of (i) the grant of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the benefit from a fixed exercise price per share equal to 17.04 euros, being the closing price of the Company’s shares on the Premier Marché of Euronext Paris S.A. on June 9, 2004.

          Mr. Jean-François Heitz is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant by the Board meeting held on June 10, 2004 in compliance with the authorization of the Seventeenth Resolution of the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders held on June 10, 2004, of 30,000 warrants giving the right to subscribe to one share each; The special advantages consist of (i) the grant of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the benefit from a fixed exercise price per share equal to 17.04 euros, being the closing price of the Company’s shares on the Premier Marché of Euronext Paris S.A. on June 9, 2004.

          Mr. David Peterchmidt is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant by the Board meeting held on June 10, 2004 in compliance with the authorization of the Eighteenth Resolution of the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders held on June 10, 2004, of 30,000 warrants giving the right to subscribe to one share each; The special advantages consist of (i) the grant of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the benefit from a fixed exercise price per share equal to 17.04 euros, being the closing price of the Company’s shares on the Premier Marché of Euronext Paris S.A. on June 9, 2004.

          Mr. David Roux is a recipient of special advantages resulting from the grant by the Board meeting held on June 10, 2004 in compliance with the authorization of the Nineteenth Resolution of the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders held on June 10, 2004, of 30,000 warrants giving the right to subscribe to one share each; The special advantages consist of (i) the grant of such warrants without payment as consideration and (ii) the benefit from a fixed exercise price per share equal to 17.04 euros, being the closing price of the Company’s shares on the Premier Marché of Euronext Paris S.A. on June 9, 2004.

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Article 7 - FORM OF THE SHARES - TRANSFER OF SHARES

          7.1 The shares may be held in registered or bearer form, at the shareholder’s discretion, in accordance with regulations applicable to companies listed on a regulated market.

          The shares are entered into accounts according to the provisions provided by law and regulations.

          The ownership of the registered shares is evidenced by their registration in registered accounts.

          The shares entered into accounts are freely transferred by transfer from one account to another.

          Prior approval of the transferee is required only for partly paid-up shares.

          All costs resulting from the transfer shall be borne by the transferee.

          Shares with payments in arrears are not admitted to transfer.

          7.2 In addition to the legal obligation to inform to the Company the holding of certain fractions of the capital or voting rights, any natural or legal person acting alone or in concert who becomes the acquirer of a number of shares equal to or greater than 2%, of the share capital or voting rights or a multiple of this percentage, shall within five trading days of crossing the holding threshold, inform the Company of the total number of shares or voting rights which this person holds by a registered letter incorporating a proof of delivery slip addressed to Company headquarters or by an equivalent means in accordance with foreign law. When the threshold is crossed as a result of a purchase or sale on the stock market, the period of five trading days allowed for disclosure begins to toll on the trading date of the securities and not their delivery date.

     This notification obligation also applies as set forth hereinabove whenever a new threshold of 2% is reached or has been crossed on the upper or lower limit, for whatever reason, up to and including the threshold of 50%.

     In determining the threshold stipulated hereinabove, both shares and/or voting rights held indirectly and shares and/or voting rights assimilated with shares and/or voting rights owned as defined in Articles L. 233-7 et seq. of the French Commercial Code.

     In each notification referred to above, the declaring shareholder must certify that the notification includes all shares held or owned as defined in the preceding paragraph and must also indicate the acquisition date(s).

     Investment fund management companies are required to provide such notification for the whole voting rights attached to all the Company’s shares held by the funds that they manage.

Should this obligation to inform not be fulfilled and should one or more shareholders holding at least 2% of the share capital or voting rights so require, shares in excess of the fraction which should have been declared are deprived of the voting rights at any shareholders’ meeting held within the term of two years following the date of regularizing the notification. Request of the

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shareholders shall be recorded in the minutes and will be subject to the legal penalty referred to above.

          7.3 The Company may request, in accordance with applicable law and regulations, at any time, at its own expense, from the central depositary that manages its securities accounts, as the case may be, the name, or the company name, the nationality, the year of birth or year of incorporation, and the address of the holder of securities having immediate or deferred access to the right to vote at its shareholders meeting, as well as the number of securities held by each of them, and, as the case may be, the restrictions attached to such securities.

Article 8 - RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS ATTACHED TO THE SHARES

          The rights and obligations attached to a share follow the share to any transferee to whom it may be transferred and the transfer includes all the payable and unpaid dividends and dividends to be payable, as well as, as the case may be, the corresponding share in the reserve funds and provisions.

          The ownership of a share shall imply ipso facto the acceptance of the present Memorandum and Articles of Association and of the decision of the general meetings.

          In addition to the right to vote which is attached by law to the shares, each share carries a right to a share of corporate assets, of profits, and of liquidation surplus, proportional to the number and nominal value of the existing shares.

          Each time it shall be necessary to hold a certain number of shares in order to exercise a right, it will be up to the shareholder(s) missing such number to take the necessary actions to group a sufficient number of shares.

          The heirs, creditors, eligible parties or other representatives of a shareholder cannot, for any reason whatsoever, request the affixing of the assets of the company, or ask for their sharing or auction sale, or to interfere in any manner in the management of the company ; they have, in order to exercise their rights, to refer themselves to the inventories and to the resolutions of the shareholders meetings.

Article 9 - - PAYING UP OF THE SHARES

          The amount to be paid in cash for the subscription of the shares issued with respect to an increase of capital shall be payable according to the terms stipulated by the extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders.

          The initial payment shall not be less than one half of the nominal value of the shares at the time of the subscription ; it shall include the whole issuing premium, if any.

          The remainder, which shall be paid-up in one or several times within a period of five years as from the date of completion of such increase of capital, shall be called upon by the board of directors.

          Each shareholder shall be notified of the amount to be paid and of the date at which this amount shall fall due fifteen days at least before that date.

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          The shareholder who will not have paid at due date the amounts due on his share(s) shall, automatically and without formal notice, owe to the company an interest calculated day per day commencing on due date at the legal rate in commercial matters increased by three points, without prejudice to the personal proceedings that the company may institute against the defaulting shareholder and to the acts of enforcement provided by law.

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TITLE III

MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY

Article 10 - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

          The company is managed by a board of directors composed of individuals or legal entities, the number of which is determined by the ordinary general meeting of the shareholders within the limits of the law.

          A legal entity must, at the time of its appointment, designate an individual who will be its permanent representative on the board of directors. The term of office of a permanent representative is the same as that of the director he represents. When a legal entity dismisses its permanent representative, it must at the same time provide for its replacement. The same applies in case of death or resignation of the permanent representative.

          Each director must own at least one share during his term of office.

          If, at the time of his appointment, a director does not own the required number of shares or if, during his term of office, he ceases to be the owner thereof, he shall have a period of three months to purchase such number of shares, in default of which he shall be automatically deemed to have resigned.

          The directors are appointed for a term of three years. A year corresponds to the period of time between two successive annual ordinary general meetings of shareholders. The duties of a director shall terminate at the close of the ordinary general meeting of shareholders which acts on the accounts of the preceding financial year and is held in the year during which the term of office of said director comes to an end.

          The directors may always be re-elected ; they may be revoked at any time by decision of the general meeting of the shareholders.

          In case of death or resignation of one or several directors, the board of directors may make provisional appointments between two meetings of shareholders.

          The appointment(s) so made have to be ratified by the next general meeting of shareholders.

          Should the meeting of the shareholders not ratify these provisional appointments, this shall not affect the validity of the prior resolutions and acts of the board of directors.

          When the number of directors falls below the minimum required by law, the remaining director(s) must immediately convene the ordinary general meeting of the shareholders, in order to complete the membership of the board of directors.

          The director appointed in replacement of another director, whose term of office has not come to its end shall remain in office only for the remaining term of office of his predecessor.

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          A salaried employee of the company may be appointed as a director. His employment contract shall correspond to a position actually held. In such case, he shall not lose the benefit of his employment contract.

          The number of directors bound to the company by an employment contract may not exceed one third of the directors in office.

          The number of directors who are more than seventy (70) years old may not exceed one third of the directors in office. Should such quota be reached during the director’s term of office, the appointment of the oldest director would be automatically terminated at the close of the nearest general meeting of the shareholders.

Article 11 - MEETING OF THE BOARD

          11.1. The board of directors shall meet as often as required for the interest of the company.

          11.2. The meetings of the Board of Directors are convened by the Chairman. Notices of meetings may be made by any means, in verbal or written form.

          When no meeting of the Board of Directors has taken place for a period of two months, Directors representing at least one third of the members of the Board may request the Chairman to call a Board meeting on a specific agenda. The Chief Executive Officer may also request the Chairman to call a Board of Directors meeting on a specific agenda.

          When a workers committee (comité d’entreprise) has been formed, the representatives of such committee, appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Labor Code, shall be invited to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors.

          The meetings of the Board of Directors are held at the registered office or at any other place, in France or abroad.

          The Statutory Auditors are convened to all meetings of the Board of Directors that examine or fix the annual or intermediary financial statements, as well as to all shareholders’ meetings.

          11.3. The board of directors may not transact business validly unless at least half of its members attend the meeting. A quorum shall be deemed to exist when at least half of the directors are present at the meeting or participate in the meeting via video-conference, subject to the conditions determined by applicable laws and regulations then in effect.

          The resolutions of the board of directors shall be carried out at the majority of the directors, present or represented.

          It is specified that any and all decisions to grant options to subscribe or to buy stock to a director holding an employment contract, to the Chairman or to the general manager of the Company, if this latter is a director, pursuant to authority granted by the extraordinary general meeting, pursuant to the provisions set forth in articles L.225-177 et seq of the Commercial Code shall be adopted by the affirmative vote of the majority of the directors present or represented at the Board meeting, the interested director, and any other director to

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whom options to subscribe or to buy stock may be granted, being conclusively refrained from voting.

          11.4. Any director may give to another director, by letter, cable or telex, a proxy to be represented at a meeting of the board. However, each director may only dispose of one proxy during each meeting.

          11.5. The minutes or extracts of the minutes of the Board of Directors are certified by the Chairman of the board, the Directeur Général (Chief Executive Officer), the Directeurs Généraux Délégués, the director appointed to act as Chairman temporarily or an agent with power of attorney.

Article 12 - POWERS OF THE BOARD

          The Board of Directors determines the directions of the Company’s activities and oversees their implementation. Within the limits of the company’s corporate purpose and the powers expressly reserved by law to shareholders, the Board addresses and resolves through its deliberations all questions relating to the Company’s good standing.

          The Board of Directors implements all controls and verifications that it deems appropriate. The Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall disclose to each Director all documents and information necessary for the fulfillment of his duties.

ARTICLE 13 - CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

          The Board of Directors elects among its members a Chairman of the Board who must be a natural person. The Board determines the term of office of the Chairman, which may not exceed his or her term of office as a Director. The Board sets the Chairman’s compensation.

          In the absence of the Chairman at a given meeting, the Board elects a Director to chair that meeting.

          The Chairman directs and organizes the activities of the Board of Directors and reports to the shareholders on such activities. The Chairman sees that the various bodies of the Company operate correctly and, in particular, that Directors are each able to fulfill their duties.

          The Chairman of the Board cannot be more than sixty five (65) years old. Should the Chairman reach that age limit during his term of office as Chairman, his or her office would automatically terminate. Subject to this provision, the Chairman of the Board may always be reelected.

ARTICLE 14 - GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY

          The general management of the Company is carried out, under the responsibility of and at the election of the Board of Directors, by either the Chairman of the Board or by another natural person named Chief Executive Officer (“CEO” or “Directeur Général”) by the Board of Directors. The Board selects between these two alternatives at each

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election or renewal of the Chairman of the Board, or at each election or renewal of the CEO if the office of the Chairman and the office of the CEO are separate.

          The CEO, or the Chairman if he or she assumes the duties of the CEO, is vested with the most extensive powers to act under all circumstances on behalf of the Company within the limits of the corporate purpose of the Company, except for those powers expressly granted by law to the meetings of shareholders and those specially reserved to the Board of Directors. The CEO represents the Company vis-a-vis third parties. Any limitation of the CEO’s powers imposed by the Board of Directors is not enforceable vis-a-vis third parties.

          The Board determines the term of office and the compensation of the CEO.

          The Board of Directors, upon the proposal made by the CEO or the Chairman of the Board if he or she assumes the duties of the CEO, may appoint one or more persons, subject to limitations set forth by the law, to assist the office of the CEO. Such persons may be Directors or non Directors, must be natural persons, and have the title of “Directeur Général Délégué”.

          Each Directeur Général Délégué can be dismissed at any time by the Board of Directors, upon proposal made by the CEO or the Chairman of the Board if he or she assumes the duties of the CEO.

          In the event of death, resignation or dismissal of the CEO or the Chairman of the Board if he or she assumes the duties of the CEO, each Directeur Général Délégué stays in office, unless the Board of Directors resolves otherwise, until a new CEO is appointed.

          With the agreement of the CEO or the Chairman of the Board if he or she assumes the duties of the CEO, the Board of Directors determines the powers and duration of such powers delegated to each Directeur Général Délégué. The Board sets his remuneration. When a Directeur Général Délégué is a director, his term of office may not exceed that of his directorship.

          Vis-a-vis third parties, each Directeur Général Délégué has the same powers as the CEO or the Chairman of the Board if he or she assumes the duties of the CEO.

          The CEO and the Directeur Général Délégué cannot be more than sixty five (65) years old. Should the CEO or the Directeur Général Délégué reach that age limit during his term of office as CEO or as Directeur Général Délégué, his or her office would automatically terminate. This term may be prolonged however until the next meeting of the Board during which the new CEO or Directeur Général Délégué will be appointed. Subject to this provision, the CEO and the Directeur Général Délégué may always be reelected.

ARTICLE 15 - AGREEMENTS SUBJECT TO PRIOR AUTHORIZATION OR DISCLOSURE

          15.1. Any sureties, endorsements and guarantees granted by the company must be authorized by the board of directors as provided by law.

          15.2. Any agreement to be entered into, directly or indirectly, between the Company and its Directors, Chief Executive Officer, Directeur Général Délégué, a shareholder owning more than 10% of the voting rights, or if such shareholder is a company, the company

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controlling such shareholder within the meaning of article L.233-3 of the French Commercial Code, must be submitted to the prior authorization of the Board of Directors.

Such prior authorization is also required for transactions in which one of the persons listed in the first paragraph above has an indirect interest.

Such prior authorization is also required for agreement between the Company and another company, should one of the Company’s Directors, Chief Executive Officer, or Directeur Général Délégué own such other company or be an unlimited liability partner, director, general manager, member of the supervisory board or, more generally, a member of the management of the other company.

Agreements which are entered into in the ordinary course of business and with terms and conditions which are not out of the ordinary are not subject to the prior authorization of the Board of Directors. Nevertheless, such agreements, except if by reason of their purpose or their financial implications are not significant for both parties, must be disclosed by the interested party to the Chairman of the Board. The list and purpose of such agreements must be communicated by the Chairman of the Board to the Board of Directors and to the Statutory Auditors”

Article 16 - PROHIBITED AGREEMENTS

          Directors, other than legal entities, are forbidden to contract, in any form whatsoever, loans from the company, to secure an overdraft from it, as a current account or otherwise, and to have the company guarantee or secure their commitments toward third parties.

          The same interdiction applies to the CEO, the Directeurs Généraux Délégués and the representatives of corporate bodies. It also applies to spouses, ascendants and descendants of the persons referred to in this article, as well as to all interposed persons.

Article 17 - STATUTORY AUDITORS (Commissaires aux comptes)

          Audits of the company shall be carried out, as provided by law, by one or more statutory auditors legally entitled to be elected as such. When the conditions provided by law are met, the company must appoint at least two supervisory auditors.

          Each statutory auditor shall be appointed by the ordinary general meeting.

          One or more deputy statutory auditors, who may be called to replace the regular statutory auditors in the case of death, disability, resignation or refusal to act of the latter, shall be appointed by an ordinary general meeting.

          Should the general ordinary meeting of the shareholders fail to elect a statutory auditor, any shareholder can claim in court that one be appointed, provided that the Chairman of the board of directors be duly informed. The term of office of the statutory auditor appointed in court will end upon the appointment of the statutory auditor(s) by the general ordinary meeting of the shareholders.

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TITLE IV

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

Article 18

          The general meetings of shareholders shall be convened and held as provided by law.

          The meetings of shareholders are held at the registered office or at any other place mentioned in the convening notices.

          The right to take part in a general meeting of shareholders:

          For holders of registered shares is subject to the registration of the shareholder in the books of the company, at least one business day prior to the date of the meeting.

          For holders of bearer Ordinary Shares is subject to the filing, at least one business day prior to such shareholders’ meeting, of a certificate stating that shares are not transferable until the date of such shareholders’ meeting.

          A shareholder who cannot attend the meeting in person may choose either :

          - to give a proxy to another shareholder or to his/her spouse, or

          - to vote by mail, or

          - to send to the company a proxy without any indication of the name of the representative;

within the terms and conditions provided by law and these by-laws.

          Upon the decision of the board of directors published in the notice of any shareholders meeting, shareholders may, subject to the provisions of and procedures under applicable laws, send their proxy or voting instructions either on paper or using a teletransmission mean.

          To be taken into account, the proxies and the forms of vote by mail must be deposited with the company at least one business day prior to the date of the meeting.

          Meetings of shareholders are presided over by the Chairman of the board of directors or in his absence, by a director specially authorized for that purpose by the board. If no Chairman has been appointed, the meeting elects its Chairman.

          The two members of the meeting having the greatest number of votes and who accept that role, are appointed as scrutineers. The officers of the meeting appoint a secretary, who may be a non-shareholder.

          An attendance sheet is drawn up, in accordance with the law.

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          The ordinary general meeting of the shareholders, upon first convening notice, may transact business validly only if the shareholders present, or represented, hold at least one fourth of the voting shares. Upon second convening notice, the general meeting may transact business validly whatever the number of shareholders present or represented.

          The resolutions of the ordinary general meeting shall be carried out at the majority vote of the shareholders, present or represented.

          The extraordinary general meetings of the shareholders, upon first convening notice, may transact business validly only if the shareholders present, or represented by proxy, hold at least one third of the voting shares. Upon second convening notice, the extraordinary general meeting may transact business validly only if the shareholders present or represented by proxy hold at least one fourth of the voting shares.

          The resolutions of the extraordinary general meeting shall be carried out at a two third majority vote of the shareholders, present or represented.

          The copies or extracts of the minutes of the meeting are certified by the Chairman of the Board, by the Chief Executive Officer, by a Director acting as Directeur Général Délégué, or by the Secretary of the meeting.

          The ordinary and extraordinary meetings of shareholders exercise their respective powers as provided by law.

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TITLE V

RESULTS OF THE COMPANY

Article 19 - FINANCIAL YEAR

          Each fiscal year is of one year beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31.

Article 20 - PROFITS - LEGAL RESERVE FUNDS

          Out of the profit of a fiscal year, reduced by prior losses if any, an amount equal to at least 5 % thereof is first deducted in order to form the legal reserve fund provided by law. This deduction is no longer required when the legal reserve fund amounts to one tenth of the capital of the company.

          Distributable profit is the profit of a fiscal year, reduced by prior losses and by the deduction provided for in the preceding paragraph and increased by the profits carried forward.

Article 21 - DIVIDENDS

          If there results a distributable profit from the accounts of the fiscal year, as approved by the general meeting, the general meeting may decide to allocate it to one or several reserve funds, the appropriation or use of which it shall determine, or to carry it forward or to distribute it as dividends.

          Furthermore, after having established the existence of reserves which it may dispose of, the general meeting may decide the distribution of amounts paid out of such reserves. In such case, the payments shall be made. However, the dividends shall be set off by priority on the distributable profit of the financial year.

          The general meeting shall determine the terms of payment of dividends ; failing such determination, these terms shall be determined by the board of directors.

          However, the dividends must be declared payable no more than nine months following the close of the financial year.

          The general meeting deciding upon the accounts of a fiscal year will be entitled to grant to each shareholder, for all or part of the distributed dividends, an option between payment in cash or in shares.

          Similarly, should the ordinary general meeting resolve the distribution of interim dividends pursuant to article L.232-12 of the Commercial Code, it will be entitled to grant to each shareholder an interim dividend and, for all or part of the said interim dividend, an option between payment in cash or in shares.

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          The offer of payment in shares, the price and the conditions as to the issuing of such shares, together with the request for payment in shares and the conditions of the completion of the capital increase will be governed by the law and regulations.

          When a balance sheet, drawn up during, or at the end of the fiscal year, and certified by the statutory auditor(s), shows that the company, since the close of the preceding fiscal year, after having made the necessary depreciations and provisions and after deduction of the prior losses, if any, as well as of the amounts which are to be allocated to the reserve fund provided by law or by the by-laws, has made profits, the board of directors may resolve the distribution of interim dividends prior to the approval of the accounts of the fiscal year, and may determine the amount thereof and the date of such distribution. The amount of such interim dividends cannot exceed the amount of the profits as defined in this paragraph. In this case, the option described in the preceding paragraph shall not be available.

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TITLE VI

DISSOLUTION - LIQUIDATION

Article 22 - PREMATURE DISSOLUTION

          The extraordinary general meeting may at any time declare the dissolution of the company before the expiration of its stated duration under the present Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Article 23 - LOSS OF ONE HALF OF THE CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY

          If, as a consequence of losses showed by the company’s accounts, the net assets (capitaux propres) of the company are reduced below one half of the capital of the company, the board of directors must, within four months from the approval of the accounts showing this loss, convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in order to decide whether the company ought to be dissolved before its statutory term.

          If the dissolution is not declared, the capital must, at the latest at the end of the second fiscal year following the fiscal year during which the losses were established and subject to the legal provisions concerning the minimum capital of sociétés anonymes, be reduced by an amount at least equal to the losses which could not be charged on reserves, if during that period the net assets have not been restored up to an amount at least equal to one half of the capital.

          In the absence of the meeting of shareholders, or in the case where this meeting has not been able to validly act, any interested party may institute legal proceedings to dissolve the company.

Article 24 - EFFECT OF THE DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPANY

          The company is in liquidation as soon as it is dissolved for any reason whatsover. It continues to exist as a legal entity for the needs of this liquidation until the liquidation is completed.

          During the period of the liquidation, the general meeting shall retain the same powers it exercised during the life of the company.

          The shares shall remain transferable until the completion of the liquidation proceedings.

          The dissolution of the company is only valid vis a vis third parties as from the date at which it is published at the register of commerce.

Article 25 - APPOINTMENT OF LIQUIDATORS - POWERS

          Upon the expiration of the term of existence of the company or in the case of its premature dissolution, the meeting of the shareholders shall decide the method of liquidation

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and appoint one or several liquidators whose powers it will determine. The liquidators will exercise their duties according to the law. The appointment of the liquidator(s) terminates the offices of the directors.

Article 26 - LIQUIDATION - CLOSING

          After payment of the liabilities, the remaining assets shall be used first for the payment to the shareholders of the amount paid for their shares and not amortized.

          The balance, if any, shall be divided among all the shareholders.

          The shareholders shall be convened at the end of the liquidation in order to decide on the final accounts, to discharge the liquidator from liability for his acts of management and the performance of his office, and to take notice of the closing of the liquidation.

          The closing of the liquidation is published as provided by law.

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TITLE VII

NOTIFICATIONS

Article 27 - NOTIFICATIONS

          All notifications provided for in the present Memorandum and Articles of Associations shall be made either by registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt or by process server. Simultaneously a copy of the notification shall be sent to the recipient by ordinary mail.