Documents AG_VENGNeuilly-sur-Seine, France, September 28, 2016 - The Combined Shareholders' Meeting of Bureau Veritas (the "Company") will be held on Tuesday October 18, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at the following address: Le XXII, 22 rue d'Aumale, 75009 Paris, for the purpose of approving the proposed spin-off through six asset contributions (apport partiel d'actifs) of the Company's various activities in France, as well as the appointment of two new directors and the increase of the annual amount of attendance fees.
The agenda and the draft resolutions are contained in the preliminary notice of meeting (avis de réunion) published in the legal gazette "Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires" n°105 of August 31, 2016 (http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/balo/).
The main instructions for participating and voting at the Meeting are described in the above mentioned preliminary notice of meeting as well as in the notice of meeting published in the legal gazette "Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires" n°117 (http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/balo/) and in the newspaper "Petites Affiches" of September 28, 2016. Said notices are available on the Company's website (www.bureauveritas.com).
A booklet "notice of meeting" including the agenda, the draft resolutions and the main instructions for participating and voting at the Meeting has been sent to shareholders holding shares in registered form. This document is also available on the Company's website (www.bureauveritas.com).
The documents referred to in article R.225-73-1 of the French Commercial Code are available on the Company's website (www.bureauveritas.com) under Shareholders / Shareholders Meeting, as from Tuesday September 27, 2016.
All other preparatory documents pertaining to the Meeting are available to the shareholders at the Company's registered office and/or on the Company's website (www.bureauveritas.com), under Shareholders / Shareholders Meeting, in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory provisions.
Shareholders may also request until the fifth day (inclusive) prior to the Meeting, i.e., until Thursday October 13, 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 under the following conditions:
The other documents and information that must be made available pursuant to legal and regulatory provisions are available to shareholders in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory provisions at either the Company's registered office or on the Company's website as appropriate (www.bureauveritas.com).
The Company also reminds that, in the context of the proposed spin-off, the draft asset contribution agreements (projets de traités d'apports partiels d'actifs), the reports of the contribution auditors (commissaires à la scission) on the value of contributions and the remuneration for the contributions and the other documents mentioned by article R.236-3 of the French Commercial Code are available at the registered office of the Company. In accordance with applicable legal and regulatory provisions, the draft asset contribution agreements and the reports of the contribution auditors were filed with the Commercial Court of Nanterre.
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 2016 half-year financial report is also available on the Company's website (www.bureauveritas.com) since July 28, 2016.
| About Bureau Veritas Bureau Veritas is a world-leading provider in testing, inspection and certification. Created in 1828, the Group has 67,400 employees located in 1,400 offices and laboratories all across the world. 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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