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In certain jurisdictions the shareholders” meeting may authorize the Board of Directors to issue a certain number or shares or shares up to a maximum amount subject to certain conditions. The SEC Staff, in its review of Form 20-F of a French foreign private issuer for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 containing financial statements prepared for the first time on the basis of IFRSs, requested the company to disclose the number of shares authorized according to IAS 1. The company explained in a note that the shareholders had delegated the Board of Directors to issue shares up to a certain maximum number.