Exhibit 10.24
COMPANY SAVINGS PLAN DOCUMENT
English translation of foreign language document
Business Objects S.A. (“the Company”), a joint-stock company governed by a board
of directors, headquartered at 157- 159 Rue Anatole France, 92300
Levallois-Perret, registered with the Company and Trade Registry of Nanterre
under number B 379 821 994 and represented by Mr. Stéphane Massas, acting in his
capacity as Vice President of European Human Resources,
Has established, under the provisions of Title IV of Volume IV of the Labor
Code,
A company savings plan (“the Plan”), intended to permit both current employees
and those who have retired or taken early retirement from the Company to build a
securities portfolio with Company assistance, subject to the provisions of this
Plan Document.
RECITALS
The Plan is intended to give Company employees a stake in its development and
growth by purchasing Company shares under preferential conditions and holding
them through the Business Objects Actionnariat company investment fund.
Other investment vehicles, including Capi-Equilibre, a diversified company
investment fund and Capi-Sécurité, a secure company investment fund, are also
available to participants wishing to diversify their investments.
This Plan Document sets forth in particular the terms applicable to the capital
increase reserved to Plan participants decided by the Chairman of the Board on
June 15, 2005, hereafter “the Capital Increase” in compliance with the
delegation of the Board meeting of May 13, 2005. The Company shares purchased in
the scope of this offer will be subscribed to via the Business Objects
September 2005 company investment fund, then promptly transferred to the
Business Objects Actionnariat company investment fund.
This Plan Document supersedes and replaces the Plan Document dated December 16,
2004. This replacement in no way affects the unavailability periods of blocked
funds or the tax treatment of sums previously invested by Company employees
under the applicable Plan Document.
TITLE I — ENROLLMENT IN THE PLAN
Article 1 —who is eligible

1.1   All Company employees are eligible to join the Plan after having been
“legally employed” by the Company for at least three months. “Legally employed”
means being an employee of the company, without subtracting for periods of
suspension of the employment contract for whatever reason.

1.2   Retired Company employees, including those having taken early retirement,
who joined the Plan before their departure and remained in the Plan from that
date by maintaining their investment, whether partially or totally, in the Plan,
may continue to make contributions to the Capi-Sécurité and Capi-Equilibre
multi-company funds.

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1.3   No voluntary contribution, except for that of an elective profit-sharing
distribution payment, may be made as of the date of departure from the Company
for any reason other than retirement or early retirement.

Article 2 — Enrollment formalities
Monetary contributions as well as the transfer of Company shares to the Plan
entitle an employee to all rights attached to full Plan participation.
2.1 — Optional enrollment
Every Plan beneficiary making a voluntary contribution to the Plan fills in a
participation form provided by the Company. Participation is effective from date
of deposit of the form with the Human Resources Department of the Company.
2.2 — Automatic enrollment
As the amounts distributed within the scope of the statutory profit-sharing
scheme are required to be paid into the Plan under the Company statutory
profit-sharing agreement, no formalities for individual participation are
therein required.
TITLE II — PLAN CONTRIBUTIONS
Article 3 — Origin of Plan contributions
Contributions can be made to the Plan by:
- The employee’s share of the special reserve of the statutory profit-sharing
scheme under the terms of the profit-sharing agreement;

- The voluntary contribution of the elective profit-sharing distribution payment
under the terms of the elective profit-sharing agreement;

- Other individual voluntary contributions;

- Company matching contributions, if so granted;

- Company shares resulting from an exercise of options granted under the
provisions of Article L. 225-177 or Article L. 225-179 of the Commercial Code;

- The income and investment earnings on Plan assets, as well as the dividend and
other tax credits applicable thereto, except certain income and products of the
shares resulting from the exercise of the foregoing mentioned options, i.e the
dividends, the avoir fiscal and the related tax credit and the cash resulting
from the sale of the fractional rights under share capital increases by
incorporation of profits, reserves and premiums.
Article 4 — Contribution Methods
4.1 — Statutory profit-sharing
Under the provisions of Article R. 442-10 of the Labor Code, the distribution of
the statutory profit sharing special reserve must be made to its beneficiaries
before the first day of the fourth month following the closing of the fiscal
year to which the distribution applies. After that date, the Company must
calculate and add interest at a rate fixed by law to the profit-sharing payment.
The interest must be paid at the same time as the principal and under the same
conditions.

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4.2 — Voluntary contributions
All Plan beneficiaries as defined under the clause 1.1 herein may make voluntary
contributions to the Plan.
The total annual amount of the sums contributed by the Plan participant may not
exceed the legal ceiling which, as of the date of this Plan Document, is
one-quarter of the participant’s annual gross salary if an employee and
one-quarter of the pension amount received per year if the participant is
retired or has taken early retirement. Only voluntary contributions, defined as
elective profit-sharing distribution amounts, regular and special contributions
are taken into consideration for purposes of calculating the maximum annual
contribution, not the other means of contribution.
4.2.1 — Elective profit-sharing distribution payment
Under the applicable Company elective profit-sharing agreement, the beneficiary
of an elective profit-sharing plan may elect to contribute all or a part of
his/her elective profit-sharing distribution payment.
4.2.2 — Regular contributions in the scope of annual savings plan
The employee participant may make voluntary contributions in the scope of an
annual savings plan, wherein the participant fixes an annual contribution amount
at the time of joining the Plan. The annual contribution amount may be increased
or decreased at the beginning of each calendar year, and shall be equal to a
minimum of 160.00 euros per year.
Contributions, divided into four parts, are automatically deducted from the
employee’s salary the last month of each quarter. Contributions can nonetheless
be suspended, increased or decreased in the course of the year, as long as the
Human Resources department is notified before the 5th of the month of the
relevant suspension, increase or decrease.
4.2.3 — Special contributions
4.2.3.1 — Independent of any regular contributions, a participant may make
special contributions to the Plan.
Special contributions are possible at any time, either by check or by payroll
deduction.
4.2.3.2 —If the participant makes a special contribution to the Plan within the
scope of the Capital Increase, the amount of this contribution may not exceed:
(i) Either 10% of the gross salary paid to the participant between March 1, 2005
and August 31, 2005, with the additional limitation that the authorized
subscription amount is capped under section 423(b)(8) of the United States
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;

(ii) Or the exchange value of 500 “parts” of the Business Objects September 2005
fund.
The maximum number of “parts” of the Business Objects September 2005 fund to be
purchased by the participant, within the limits set forth in (i) and (ii), is
then multiplied by the total number of available shares in the scope of the
offer and divided by the maximum number of Business Objects September 2005 fund
“parts” to be purchased by all employees, within the limits set forth in (i) and
(ii), and finally rounded down to a whole number.

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4.2.4 — Contribution of Company shares resulting from the exercise of options
When the stock option beneficiary consents, subject to the conditions described
under Article L. 225-177 or Article L. 225-179 of the Commercial Code, to use
the holdings that s/he has under the Plan to exercise options, the resulting
shares assigned to the participant are placed in the Plan.
Article 5 — income, dividend and other tax credits
The income and return on amounts placed in the Plan are automatically reinvested
therein. The same applies to relevant dividend and other tax credits, for which
a refund will be requested from the administration.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, certain incomes or products of shares
resulting from the exercise of options in accordance with the Article L 225-177
or Article L225-179 of the Commercial Code will not be reinvested in the Plan
and will be paid to their owners. These incomes and products are dividends, the
avoir fiscal and any other tax credit, as well as the cash resulting from the
sale of the fractional rights under share capital increases by incorporation of
profits, reserves and premiums.
TITLE III — ADMINISTRATION OF SUMS AND SHARES TO BE PAID INTO THE PLAN AND
PARTICIPANT ASSETS
Article 6 — Investment Vehicles
6.1 — Investment of sums paid into the Plan
Sums paid into the Plan are used to purchase “parts”:

•   Of the Business Objects Actionnariat company investment fund, registered
with the French securities and exchange commission (“AMF”) under number 07127,
governed by Article L. 214-40 of the Monetary and Financial Code;   •   Of the
Capi-Equilibre multi-company fund, registered with the French securities and
exchange commission (“AMF”) under number 01538, governed by Article L. 214-39 of
the Monetary and Financial Code;   •   Of the Capi-Sécurité multi-company fund,
registered with the French securities and exchange commission (“AMF”) under
number 03935, governed by Article L. 214-39 of the Monetary and Financial Code;
  •   Of the Business Objects September 2005 multi-company fund currently in
approval stages with the French securities and exchange commission (“AMF”)
governed by Article L. 214-40 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

These funds together are referred to as the “Funds” herein.
The official Fund Document is available to all participants. All participants
receive the relevant summary information.
The administration of the funds is provided by:

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- Fongépar Gestion Financière, a joint-stock company, headquartered in Paris at
10 Place de Catalogne registered with the Paris Trade Registry under number B451
419 774, as the portfolio management company;
- CDC Finance-CDC Ixis a limited company governed by a board of directors and a
monitoring committee, headquartered in Paris26/28 rue Neuve Tolbiac, registered
with the Paris Trade Registry under number B 335 128 898, as trustee.
- Fongépar a limited company headquartered in Paris, 10 Place de Catalogne
registered with the Paris Trade Registry under number B 692 042 310 as the Plan
administrator.
6.2 — Investment of Company shares placed into the Plan
The Company shares deposited into the Plan, as per the paragraph “ Contribution
of Company shares resulting from the exercise of options” from the “Methods of
payment” article herein, are held in the individual securities accounts opened
in the name of the participants, hereinafter “individual securities accounts”.
The share custodian is the Bank BNP PARIBAS Securities Services, , a joint-stock
company with a capital of 165,279,835 euros, headquartered in Paris at 3 rue
d’Antin, 75002 Paris, registered with the Paris Trade Registry under number 552
108 011.
Article 7 — Use of sums paid in and management of participant holdings
7.1 — Statutory profit-sharing plan special reserve
The participant chooses the fund(s) into which his or her statutory
profit-sharing distribution is paid from among the Business Objects
September 2005 fund, Capi-Equilibre and Capi-Sécurité. S/he in particular
decides, where applicable, the allocation of the amounts between the various
funds. If the administrator is not notified of the participant’s choice, the
statutory profit-sharing distribution amount is automatically deposited into
Capi-Sécurité.
7.2 — Elective profit-sharing distribution
When a beneficiary decides to invest all or a part of his elective
profit-sharing distribution payment into the Plan, s/he chooses the fund(s)
among Business Objects September 2005, Capi-Equilibre and Capi-Sécurité into
which the amounts will be deposited. S/he specifically decides, where
applicable, the allocation of the amounts between the various funds. If the
administrator is not notified of the participant’s choice, the statutory
profit-sharing distribution amount is automatically deposited into
Capi-Sécurité.
7.3 — Regular contributions
When a beneficiary decides to regularly contribute to the Plan, s/he may choose
the fund(s) from the Capi-Equilibre and Capi-Sécurité funds. S/he specifically
decides, where applicable, the allocation of the amounts between the various
funds. If the administrator is not notified of the participant’s choice, the
statutory profit-sharing distribution amount is automatically deposited into
Capi-Sécurité. This assignment remains valid for the duration of the fiscal
year.
7.4 — Special contributions
When a beneficiary decides to make a special contribution to the Plan, s/he
chooses the fund(s) from among the Capi-Equilibre and Capi-Sécurité funds into
which the amounts will be deposited. S/he specifically decides, where
applicable, the allocation of the amounts between the various funds. If the
administrator is

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not notified of his/her choice, the statutory profit-sharing distribution amount
is automatically deposited into Capi-Sécurité.
Nonetheless, if the participant makes a special contribution to the Plan in the
scope of the Capital Increase, s/he may choose the fund(s) from among Business
Objects September 2005, Capi-Equilibre and Capi-Sécurité into which the amounts
will be deposited. S/he specifically decides, where applicable, the allocation
of the amounts between the various funds.
7.5 — Arbitrage from one fund to another
Any bearer of “parts” of any one of the following three funds: Business Objects
Actionnariat, Capi-Equilibre and Capi-Sécurité, may request the transfer of all
or a part of his/her holdings in a fund to one of the other two funds, or to
both, within the following guidelines:
- Arbitrage may be requested at any time. To be processed on the basis of a
valuation price, the arbitrage request must be made via the Sesalis website by
4:00 pm at the latest the day before the valuation price is set;
- An arbitration may apply to holdings which are either available or blocked;
- No arbitrage of Business Objects Actionnariat “parts” can be processed if they
have not been fully paid;
- No arbitrage of Business Objects Actionnariat “parts” can be processed if the
sums paid to purchase these same “parts” were subject to an employer
contribution as set forth in Article L. 443-7 of the Labor Code.
7.6 — Income, dividend and other tax credits
For each fund, the income and investment earnings on amounts placed in the
funds, in addition to the dividend and other tax credits applicable thereto, are
reinvested in the fund
The Company shares held in individual securities accounts, the income, dividends
and applicable dividend tax credits are paid to the owners of the shares.
Payments in kind (bonus shares or other amounts) are reinvested in the
individual stock accounts.
Article 8 —participant assets
A portfolio manager keeps the accounts of Plan participants’ individual invested
amounts. Each Plan participant is the holder of an account opened in the books
of said portfolio manager. This account is updated upon each contribution or
withdrawal.
Plan participants’ assets are expressed:
- In “parts” and, where applicable, in fractions thereof, in the company
investment fund or a multi-company fund, with each fund “part” equaling the same
value of holdings included in said fund. Each participant is the owner of a
number of “parts” and fractions thereof purchased via the sums paid in his or
her name;
- in Company shares.

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Fongépar a limited company, whose head office is located in Paris at 10 Place de
Catalogne, registered with the Paris Trade Registry under number B 692 042 310
serves as the portfolio manager for the Plan regarding the shares of the Company
investment funds.
BNP PARIBAS Securities Services, a joint-stock company with a capital of
165,279,835 euros, headquartered in Paris at 3 rue d’Antin, 75002 Paris,
registered with the Paris Trade Registry under number 552 108 011 serves as the
portfolio manager for the Plan regarding the shares resulting from the exercise
of the options.
TITLE IV — UNAVAILABILITY AND PAYMENT
Article 9 — Unavailability of assets and requests for withdrawal
9.1 — Amounts paid into the Plan
Amounts paid into the Plan are unavailable before the expiration of a five-year
period, counting from the first day of the fourth month of the fiscal year in
which the amounts were paid into the Plan.
The transfer of blocked holdings from one investment vehicle to another within
the Plan under the conditions described in the paragraph entitled “Arbitrage
from one fund to another” from the article entitled “Use of sums paid in and
management of participant holdings “of this Plan Document does not affect the
remaining duration of legal unavailability.
The participant may request that the amounts be released before the expiration
of the unavailability period under the exceptional circumstances set forth in
Article le R. 442-17 of the Labor Code.
As of the date of signature of this Plan Document, such circumstances are
defined as the following:
a) Participant’s marriage or signing of a domestic partnership agreement;
b) Birth of a child or arrival of a child in participant’s household for
purposes of adoption when the household already includes two dependent children;
c) Divorce, separation or a dissolution of a domestic partnership agreement when
formalized by a court decision assigning sole or shared custody of at least one
child to the Plan participant;
d) Disability of participant, one of his/her children, a spouse or the person
with whom s/he has entered into a domestic partnership agreement. This
disability must fall within the definition provided in sections 2 and 3 of
Article L. 341-4 of the Social Security Code and must be recognized by a
decision of the Functional Commission on Counseling and Rehabilitation as per
Article L. 323-11 or of the Regional Commission on Special Education if the
disability rate reaches at least 80% and the person does not exercise any
professional activity;
e) Death of the participant, a spouse or of the person with whom s/he has
entered into the domestic partnership agreement;
f) Termination of the employment contract if the participant is an employee or
termination of the term of office if the participant is a person mentioned in
the third paragraph of Article L. 443-1 of the Labor Code;
g) Allocation of saved sums to: the creation or purchase of an industrial,
commercial, craft or agricultural firm, by the participant, one of his/her
children, a spouse or the person with whom s/he has entered into a domestic
partnership agreement, either individually, or in the form of a company, as long
as control is in fact exercised as per Article R. 351-43; the setting up of
another non-wage-earning professional activity; or the purchase of partnership
shares in a cooperative production society;
h) Allocation of saved sums to the purchase of or addition to a primary
residence which creates a new livable area as defined in Article R. 111-2 of the
Construction and Housing Code, as long as a construction permit or preliminary
building declaration exists, or to the repair of the primary residence following
damaged sustained in a natural disaster as so classified by ministerial order;

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i) Participant’s excessive debt as defined in Article L. 331-2 of the Consumer
Code, upon request addressed to the employer’s company savings plan
administrator, either by the president of the Commission of Individual Excessive
Debt, or by a court, when the release of the amounts held is deemed necessary to
the participant’s discharge of debts.
The participant’s request must be made within six months of the event prompting
the request, except in the case of employment termination; death of a spouse or
the person with whom s/he has entered into a domestic partnership agreement;
disability; or excessive debt, which may occur at any time.
9.2 — Company shares contributed to the Plan
Company shares contributed to the Plan, as per paragraph 4.2.4 “Contribution of
Company shares resulting from the exercise of options” from Article 4 herein
entitled “Payment methods”, are unavailable before the expiration of a five-year
period, counting from the date of the stock options exercise.
9.3 — Death of Plan participant
In case of the Plan participant’s death, his/her legal successors may request
the liquidation of holdings.
Article 10 — Withdrawal of assets
Following expiration of the holding unavailability period, the participant may
choose to request a withdrawal of all or a part of the holdings, or to stay in
the Plan and continue to benefit from the advantages offered.
10.1 — Assets invested in the funds
For assets invested in the funds, requests for withdrawal are processed
according to the procedures set forth in the fund regulations. In order to be
processed on the basis of a valuation price, written requests accompanied by any
necessary supporting documents, must be received no later than the day before
the setting of the valuation price by the portfolio management company.
Early release of funds shall be made in a single payment of either part or all
of the invested amounts, as directed by the employee.
10.2 — Company shares kept in individual stock accounts
For Company shares kept in individual stock accounts, withdrawal requests are
sent to the depositary bank and are met by cash payment of the amount of the
sale of the shares after deduction of applicable taxes and fees.
Article 11 — Employee departure
When a Plan account holder leaves the Company without asserting his/her rights
to released accounts or before the Company is able to liquidate all of
participant’s holdings as of the departure date:
- The participant is furnished with a summary of his/her holdings to be filed in
the company savings bankbook, separately listing the available holdings and
including all necessary information to liquidate or transfer holdings;
The participant is asked to furnish the address where s/he shall receive the
notices relevant to his accounts;

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•   The participant is informed of the necessary steps to inform the Plan of any
change of address.

When the account holder cannot be reached at his/her last known address, the
holdings to which s/he has claim are retained by the company savings plan
administrator, which shall proceed to liquidate after expiration of the
30 years’ prescription and pay the amount thus obtained to the Treasury
Department.
TITLE V — INFORMATION, TAX AND SOCIAL REGIME, FEES
Article 12 — Participant Information
12.1 — How the Plan works
The staff members are informed of the existence and content of this Plan
Document which is posted on the “Human Resources” Web site of the Company.
All new hires also receive a copy of this Plan Document.
This Plan Document is furnished to employees upon request.
Any modification to the Plan Document is communicated to all Plan participants
and Company employees by being posted on the “Human Resources” Web site of the
Company, and, at the case may be, also by sending of a release and/or a note.
A notice distributed to the beneficiaries wherein the nature and details of the
offer are explained precedes every Company capital increase reserved to Plan
participants.
12.2 — Position of assets, investment methods and miscellaneous information
12.2.1 —Individual account statements
Each participant receives an account statement indicating the breakdown of their
assets and their availability date:

-   at the end of the quarter, when account movement has transpired over the
course of that same period;   -   at least once a year, on December 31.

12.2.2 — Minitel
Plan participants may use Minitel to consult their individual account(s) and to
obtain general information concerning the proposed investment vehicles,
regulations and release of funds.
12.2.3 — Voice response system
Plan participants may use voice response system to consult their individual
account(s) and to obtain general information concerning the proposed investment
vehicles, regulations and release of funds.

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12.2.4 — Internet
Plan participants may use the Internet to consult their individual account(s)
and to obtain general information concerning the proposed investment vehicles,
regulations and release of funds. They may also use the Internet to arbitrate
shares or “parts” within the Plan.
12.2.5 — Fund management report
Each “part” holder receives at least once a year a fund management report on the
activities of the previous year for each of the funds in which s/he has
holdings. This report is first submitted to the approval of the Fund supervisory
board
Article 13 — Tax and social regime
Amounts paid into the Plan stemming from the special reserves for the statutory
and elective profit-sharing schemes are not subject to personal income tax. Nor
are these sums subject to the levies described in employment and social security
legislation. They are, however, subject to the “CSG” (generalized social levy)
and “CRDS” (social security debt reduction contribution) charges.
Moreover, under the reinvestment terms set forth in the articles entitled
“Origin of Plan contributions” and “Income, dividend and other tax credits” of
this Plan Document, the income and returns on amounts invested in the Plan, as
well as the dividend and other tax credits applicable thereto are not subject to
income tax.
Finally, capital gains on the holdings are not subject to income tax, but are
subject to “CSG” (generalized social levy), “CRDS” (social security debt
reduction contribution), and other social charges.
As the available assets, the funds released through June 16 to December 31,
2004, relating to the liquidation of the FCPE shares acquired on or before
July 16, 2004 under this Plan and in compliance with the law no. 2004-804 of
August 9, 2004 for the support of consumption and investment, are not subject to
personal income tax). They are, however, subject to the social taxes (CSG, CRDS
and social contributions).
Article 14 — Plan administration fees
14.1 — Portfolio management fees
The portfolio management fees for Plan participants’ accounts are paid by the
Company.
In case of corporate bankruptcy reorganization or liquidation, the fees will be
payable by the participants.
14.2 — Other fees
In order to facilitate the savings of its participants, the Company pays:

-   the fund entry fees, except when due to arbitrage between funds;   -  
Service charges, auditor’s fees, and brokerage fees for the Business Objects
Actionnariat fund;   -   Custodial fees for Company shares.

Participants pay:

-   the fund entry fees when they are due to arbitrage orders between funds;   -
  Service charges, auditor’s fees, and brokerage fees for Capi-Sécurité and
Capi-Equilibre.

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TITRE V — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Article 15 — Conflict resolution
Any participant claim regarding the administration of the Plan should be
forwarded to the Company, in writing, setting out the nature of the request. If
the claim cannot be settled, the case will be heard before a court of competent
jurisdiction.
Article 16 — Entry into effect, duration, modifications and termination of plan
16.1 — Entry into effect and duration of Plan
This Plan Document shall take effect as of the date of signature. They are to
apply for the duration of the fiscal year, and can be renewed by tacit agreement
by fiscal year periods.
The fiscal year of the Plan begins January 1 and ends December 31. The fiscal
year will end December 31 2005 and is therefore, exceptionally, of a shorter
duration.
16.2 — Modifications and termination of the Plan
The signatory of this Plan Document may modify or terminate the Plan. Any such
decision is recorded through written amendment to the Plan Document.
Modifications or termination shall take effect as per the conditions set forth
in the amendment.
ARTICLE 17 — Consultation between labor and management
In conformity with Article L.443-1 of the Labor Code, the Plan Document was
submitted to Company labor and management for their input. The Workers’ Council
was consulted. The meeting minutes of the Workers’ Council meeting wherein its
input was requested is annexed to this Plan Document.
ARTICLE 18 — Final clauses
This Plan Document was concluded on the date cited below, having observed the
15-day minimum waiting period following the Company labor-management
consultation required under L.443-1 of the Labor Code. Five original copies of
the Plan Document and its annexes shall be, at the Company’s request,
immediately deposited with the relevant Regional Labor, Employment and
Continuing Education Department to which the Company is assigned.

     
 
  Executed in Levallois-Perret, June 21, 2005
 
  in ten original copies

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