General meeting

The Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meeting 2011 took place on April 21, 2011 at Espace Grande Arche de La Defense, Paris

How to participate in the meeting?

You will need to provide evidence of share ownership

All shareholders are entitled to participate in the Meeting whether in person, by proxy or by casting a postal vote, regardless of the number of shares owned, in accordance with French law.

In accordance with article R.225-85 of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce), in order for shareholders to attend the Annual General Meeting, cast a postal vote or appoint a proxy, their shares must be recorded in their name or in the name of an authorized inter-mediary on their behalf no later than midnight (CET) on the third business day preceding the Meeting (April 18, 2011) as follows:

for registered shares: in the Company’s share register managed by BNP Paribas Securities Services;
for bearer shares: in a securities account managed by an authorized intermediary, as provided for in article L.211-3 of the French Mone-tary and Financial Code (Code monétaire et financier).

The recording of shares in bearer share accounts kept by an authorized intermediary must be certified by a share ownership certificate issued by the latter. This certificate should be attached to your proxy/postal voting form or to your admittance card request drawn up in your name or in the name of the registered intermediary acting on your behalf.

Shareholders may sell their shares at any time:

if the sale occurs before midnight (CET) on April 18, 2011, the postal vote, proxy, admittance card and any share ownership certificates will be cancelled or modified accordingly. In such an event, the authorized intermediary must notify the Company or BNP Paribas Securi-ties Services of the sale and forward the required information;
if the sale occurs after midnight (CET) on April 18, 2011, it will not be notified by the authorized intermediary and will not be taken into consideration by the Company, regardless of the means of communication, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary.

Shareholders may participate in the Annual General Meeting in any of the following ways:

they may attend the Annual General Meeting in person;
they may send a proxy form to the Company without specifying their representative, in which case the Chairman of the Meeting will vote to adopt the proposed resolutions presented or approved by the Executive Board and vote against all other proposed resolutions;
they may cast a postal vote; or
they may give proxy to another shareholder, their spouse, their partner with whom they have entered into a civil union or any other indi-vidual or legal entity of their choice in accordance with the requirements of article L.225-106 of the French Commercial Code.