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Financial documentation (“FD”) comprising:

1. A presentation of the issuing programme(s) containing the details required by order of the Minister of the Economy, indicating, where applicable, the rating assigned by an approved rating agency;
2. A presentation of the issuer’s legal and financial situation;
3. A letter of guarantee and certification of its compliance for issuers for whom the issuing programme(s) is/are covered;
4. The documents pertaining to the previous two financial years distributed at meetings of the shareholders or of the body acting in such a capacity, notably the annual financial statements and, where applicable, the consolidated financial statements, the reports of the board of directors, the management board and the supervisory board, as the case may be, and the reports of the statutory auditors, or of the persons acting as such, certifying the true and fair nature of the information provided in the accounts. These documents, submitted in electronic format, may initially be incorporated by reference or directly enclosed with the financial documentation;
5. A declaration by either an individual, stating their identity and their role within the company, or by a legal entity, indicating their company name and their place of incorporation, in which they accept responsibility for the financial documentation and certify that, to the best of their knowledge, the information submitted by the issuer is accurate and precise, that no information has been omitted such that the significance of the information may be altered, and that the documentation does not contain any false or misleading statements;

No. The FD to be submitted to the Banque de France can be written in French or in a language other than French that is customary in the financial sphere, in cases where the securities can only be subscribed to or purchased for an amount equal to at least EUR 200,000 or the equivalent amount in another currency, and on the condition that the issuer inserts a notice in the financial documentation advising the investor, where applicable, to consult a French translation of the documentation, under the conditions laid down by order of the Minister of the Economy.

1. The Banque de France shall ensure that the issuers of negotiable debt securities comply with formal issuance requirements laid down by legislation.
2. It shall also ensure transparency of the negotiable debt security market by publishing the issuer’s information memorandum on its website along with statistics relating to the issued securities (notably daily, weekly and monthly publications) to provide an overview of the market.