MAD avis de réunion VANeuilly-sur-Seine, France, 2 April 2014 - The Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting of Bureau Veritas Registre international de classification de navires et d'aéronefs (the "Company") will be held on Wednesday 21 May 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at the following address: Eurosites, 28 avenue George V, 75008 Paris.
The preliminary notice of meeting (Avis de réunion), including in particular the agenda and the draft resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors and which will be presented during the Annual General Meeting, has been published today in the legal gazette "Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires" n°40 (http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/balo/) and on the Company's website (www.bureauveritas.com).
The documents and information referred to in article R.225-73-1 of the French Commercial Code will be available on the Company's website (www.bureauveritas.com ) under Shareholders Information / Annual General Meeting, at the latest on the twenty-first day before the Annual General Meeting (at the latest on Wednesday 30 April 2014).
All other preparatory documents pertaining to the Annual General Meeting will be available to the shareholders at the Company's registered office and/or on the Company's website (www.bureauveritas.com), under Shareholders Information / Annual General Meeting, in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory provisions, at the latest as from the publication of the notice of meeting (Avis de convocation) in the legal gazette "Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires".
Shareholders may also request, as from the publication of the notice of meeting (Avis de convocation) until the fifth day (included) prior to the Annual General Meeting, i.e., until Friday 16 May 2014 included, that the documents and information referred to in articles R.225-81 and R.225-83 of the French Commercial Code be sent to them in accordance with the following:
for shareholders whose shares are held in registered form in the main register managed by BNP Paribas Securities Services: to BNP Paribas Securities Services - CTS - Assemblées Générales, Grands Moulins de Pantin - 9, rue du Débarcadère 93761 Pantin cedex, France;
for shareholders whose shares are held in registered form in the employee sub-register managed by CACEIS Corporate Trust: to CACEIS Corporate Trust, Assemblées Générales Centralisées, 14 rue Rouget de Lisle, 92862 Issy-les-Moulineaux cedex 09, France;
for shareholders holding bearer shares: either to the financial agent who manages their shares, or, provided they attach to their request an ownership certificate issued by their financial agent, directly to BNP Paribas Securities Services, at the address above.
Please note that the Company 2013 Registration Document (Document de Référence) filed on
28 March 2014 with the Autorité des marchés financiers is available on the Company's website (www.bureauveritas.com) and on the website of the Autorité des marchés financiers
(www.amf-france.org). The Company 2013 Registration Document includes in particular the annual financial report, the report of the Chairman of the Board of Directors with special reporting on the internal auditing and risk management procedures implemented by the Company, as well as the statutory auditors' fees for the financial year ending on 31 December 2013.
About Bureau Veritas
Bureau Veritas is a world leader in laboratory testing, inspection and certification services. Created in 1828, the Group has more than 64,000 employees in around 1,330 offices and laboratories located in 140 countries. Bureau Veritas helps its clients to 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, go to www.bureauveritas.com
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