Any shareholder may attend the General Shareholders' Meetings so long as he holds at least one share.
You may personally attend the General Meeting or, be represented by another shareholder or by your spouse. You may also vote by mail or proxy.
However, proof of your identity is required and you will need to prove your identity as a shareholder at least 3 days prior to the General meeting, this being no later than May 11, 2007.
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Registered shareholders, you will need to list all registered securities with CACEIS.
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Bearer shareholders, you need to ask the financial institution that manages your PPR share account for a holdings statement attesting that the shares will not be traded until the General meeting. Following this, you will need to send back the document to CACEIS by the aforementioned date.
A meeting notice is published in the French Bulletin for Mandatory Legal Announcements (BALO) at least thirty days before the meeting date.
Should you wish to attend the General meeting, you must ask for an admission card that specifies your name, which will be immediately sent to you by post.
- Registered shareholders, you can send a request to:
CACEIS
14 rue Rouget de Lisle
92862 Issy-Les-Moulineaux Cedex 9
Tél : 01 57 78 34 34
Fax : 01 57 78 32 19
You are then automatically invited to the meeting once you have received the notice which will contain the resolutions on which you are being called upon to vote, and the information on the resolutions, so that you can make an informed decision. However, you still need to ask for the admission card to CACEIS.
If you have not received it on May 11, 2007 at 00h00 your status as a registered shareholder will enable you to attend the meeting by simply presenting proof of your identity at the appropriate desk in the meeting room.
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Bearer shareholders, you can do the request to your financial institutionin charge of your PPR titles account, which need to provide CACEIS a holdings statement no later than 3 days before the General meeting.
If on May 11, 2007 at 00h00, CET, you have not received your admission card, you may ask for a statement of your holding from your financial institution that will then be directly delivered to you.
In case you cannot come to the General Meeting
The voting form for voting by mail or proxy will be sent to you along with the General meeting notice. This form must be sendback to CACEIS at least three days before the meeting date in order to be counted.
You can fill in a voting form request and forward this toyour financial institution or to PPR headquarters by post with return receipt six days before the meeting date at the very latest; and send it back along with the participation certificate. Then, your financial institution will send the completed form to CACEIS.
The voting form along with the statement of holding must be sent back to CACEIS at least three days before the meeting date in order to be counted.
Resolutions projects
All resolution projects requests should be sent along with an account inscription certificate , by letter with return receipt addressed included, to the company headquarters, within 20 days of the publication at the French Bulletin for Mandatory Legal Announcements (BALO).