BUREAU VERITAS - BUREAU VERITAS : preliminary notice of the Combined Shareholders' meeting of May 17, 2016

COMBINED SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING OF MAY 17, 2016

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, April 1^st, 2016 - The Combined Shareholders' Meeting of Bureau Veritas (the "Company") will be held on Tuesday 17 May 2016 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 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 Meeting (at the latest on Tuesday April 26, 2016).

All other preparatory documents pertaining to the 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 Meeting, i.e., until Thursday May 12, 2016 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: to BNP Paribas Securities Services - CTS - Assemblées Générales, Grands Moulins de Pantin - 9, rue du Débarcadère 93761 Pantin cedex, 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 2015 Registration Document (Document de Référence) filed on
March 29, 2016 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 2015 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 December 31, 2015.

About Bureau Veritas

Bureau Veritas is a world leader in laboratory testing, inspection and certification services. Created in 1828, the Group has 66,000 employees located in 1,400 offices and laboratories 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

Analysts /investors contact
finance.investors@bureauveritas.com