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Ordinary, extraordinary, combined Shareholders’ Meeting… Find out all about their form, objectives and operating methods.
- Objectives of Shareholders’ Meetings
- Types of Shareholders’ Meetings
- Participation Rules
- Voting Rights
The Shareholders’ Meeting: a Group Get-Together
The Shareholders’ Meeting is a special time to get together for dialogue between the Group, its managers and the shareholders. It is a unique event at a specially selected location, for:
- finding out about the Group’s results and goals,
- participating in making decisions by taking a position on the resolutions that are put to a vote.
Different Types of Shareholders’ Meetings
Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting | |
At least once a year, all GDF SUEZ are convened to this meeting. It is mandatory and must be held within six months after the end of the fiscal year. Its purpose is:
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Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting | |
This may be called at any time to get approval for a major decision occurring during the fiscal year, such as:
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Combined Shareholders’ Meeting | |
| Here resolutions under the jurisdiction of the Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meetings can be submitted to the shareholders at one and the same Shareholders’ Meeting. The agenda consists of presenting the results and the strategy, and voting on “routine” and “exceptional” resolutions. | |
How can I take part in it?
To participate in the Shareholders’ Meeting, you must prove that you own your shares, pursuant to Article 136 of the Decree of March 23, 1967 amended by Decree Number 2006-1566 of December 11, 2006 three business days before the date of the Shareholders’ Meeting:
- if you are a directly registered shareholder, by the fact that your shares are recorded in the Company’s register at that date,
- if you are a bearer shareholder, by recording your shares, in your name or in the name of the registered intermediary on your behalf (in the case of a non-resident shareholder), at the latest three business days before the Shareholders’ Meeting, in your securities account kept by your financial or bank intermediary that manages them. The intermediary must issue you with a certificate of participation, which will provide proof that the shares are recorded.
Voting Rights
You have three ways to exercise your voting right:
- by attending the Shareholders’ Meeting personally,
- by using an absentee ballot or proxy, which lets you choose one of the following three options:
- give power (a proxy) to the Chairman of the Shareholders’ Meeting,
- vote by absentee ballot,
- give power (a proxy) to a third party (spouse or another shareholder of GDF SUEZ attending the Meeting),
- by voting over the Internet.
Note: if you sold your shares after conveying your instructions (and up to three business days before the date of the meeting), your intermediary will report that sale to Société Générale, which will cancel your instructions (vote, request for card, proxy) with no action on your part.
| 1st Case: I am attending the Shareholders’ Meeting | |
Note: the right to vote at a Shareholders’ Meeting belongs exclusively to the beneficial owner. | |
| 2nd Case: I am not attending the Shareholders’ Meeting | |
| You prefer to vote by absentee ballot:
You prefer to give a proxy to your spouse or another shareholder attending the Meeting:
Note: joint owners must be represented at the Shareholders’ Meeting by only one of them, considered the owner.
You prefer to vote over the Internet:
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