BUREAU VERITAS: preliminary notice of the Combined Shareholders' meeting of May 15, 2018

COMBINED SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING 

OF MAY 15, 2018

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, April 9, 2018 - Bureau Veritas (the "Company") hereby inform its shareholders that its combined general meeting (ordinary and extraordinary) (the "Meeting") will be held on Tuesday May 15, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Automobile Club de France, 6 place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris (France).

The preliminary notice of meeting (Avis de réunion), including in particular the agenda of the Meeting and the draft resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors and which will be submitted to the Meeting, has been published today in the legal gazette "Bulletin des Annonces Légales et Obligatoires" n°43 (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 Finance / Shareholders / Shareholders Meeting, at the latest on the twenty-first day before the Meeting (i.e. at the latest on Tuesday April 24, 2018).

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 Finance / Shareholders / Shareholders 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 et Obligatoires".

Shareholders may also request, as from the publication of the notice of meeting (Avis de convocation) in the legal gazette "Bulletin des Annonces Légales et Obligatoires" until the fifth day (included) prior to the Meeting, i.e. until Thursday May 10, 2018 (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 holding registered shares: to BNP Paribas Securities Services - Service Assemblées Générales - CTS Assemblées Générales - Les Grands Moulins de Pantin, 9 rue du Débarcadère, 93761 Pantin cedex (France); and
• for shareholders holding bearer shares: either to the authorized financial intermediary who manages their shares, or, provided they attach to their request an ownership certificate issued by their authorized financial intermediary, directly to BNP Paribas Securities Services at the address above.

Please note that the Company 2017 Registration Document (Document de référence) filed on March 27, 2018 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 2017 Registration Document includes in particular the annual financial report, including the report on corporate governance as well as the statutory auditors' reports and fees for the financial year ending December 31, 2017.