Article 9 6a.

This Article shall not apply to voting rights attached to shares acquired for stabilisation purposes in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 2273/2003 of 22 December 2003 implementing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards exemptions for buy-back programmes and stabilisation of financial instruments ( 14 ), provided the voting rights attached to those shares are not exercised or otherwise used to intervene in the management of the issuer.