BUREAU VERITAS - Combined Shareholders' Meeting of May 16, 2017 of Bureau Veritas: All the resolutions submitted have been adopted

COMBINED SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING OF MAY 16, 2017:
all the resolutions submitted have been adopted

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, May 16, 2017 - The combined general meeting (ordinary and extraordinary) (the "General Meeting") of Bureau Veritas (the "Company"), chaired by Mr. Aldo Cardoso, Chairman of the Board of Directors, was held today.

All the resolutions submitted to the General Meeting have been adopted, among which:

the approval of the statutory and consolidated financial statements for the financial year ended on December 31, 2016;
the allocation of a dividend of 0.55 euro per share that will be payable on May 22, 2017;
the renewal of the terms of the office of Mr. Frédéric Lemoine, Mr. Stéphane Bacquaert, Ms. Ieda Gomes Yell, Mr. Jean-Michel Ropert and Ms. Lucia Sinapi-Thomas as Director;
the appointment of Ms. Ana Giros Calpe as Director;
the increase of the total amount for Directors' fees;
the opinion on the compensation components owed or awarded to Mr. Didier Michaud-Daniel, Chief Executive Officer, for the financial year ended December 31, 2016;
the approval of policy compensation components applicable to the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer;
the ratification of the transfer of the registered office; and
the renewal of the delegations of authority and/or the financial authorizations granted to the Board of Directors.

During the presentation of the Board's reports, Mr. Didier Michaud-Daniel, Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Nicolas Tissot, Executive Vice President Finance and Legal, presented the highlights of the financial year 2016, the results of 2016, detailing in particular the revenue, adjusted operating profit, earning per share (EPS), cash flow statement and the financial position.

Mr. Didier Michaud-Daniel then presented the business review, the first quarter revenue and the outlook for 2017, the corporate social responsibility and the other relevant information.

Mr. Aldo Cardoso, Chairman of the Board, and Mr. Pierre Hessler, Chairman of the Nomination and Compensation Committee, presented respectively the corporate governance and the compensation components of the Chief Executive Officer in 2016 and the policy compensation applicable to the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer for the financial year 2017.

The presentation made during the General Meeting and the results of the vote of the resolutions submitted to the General Meeting will be available on the Company's website (www.bureauveritas.com) under Finance / Shareholders / Shareholders Meeting.

About Bureau Veritas

Bureau Veritas is a world-leader in laboratory testing, inspection and certification services. Created in 1828 the Group has 72,000 employees located in 1,400 offices and laboratories all around the globe. Bureau Veritas helps its clients improve their performance by offering services and innovative solutions in order to ensure that their assets, products, infrastructure and processes meet standards and regulations in terms of quality, health and safety, environmental protection and social responsibility.

Bureau Veritas is listed on Euronext Paris and belongs to the Next 20 index.

Compartment A, ISIN code FR 0006174348, stock symbol: BVI.

For more information, visit www.bureauveritas.com

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