AGM Information • Mar 23, 2015
AGM Information
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23 March 2015
GDF SUEZ shareholders are invited to take part in the Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meeting which will take place on Tuesday 28 April 2015 at 2.30 pm at the Palais des Congrès at Porte Maillot in Paris.
The meeting notice, which includes the agenda and draft resolutions as well as the conditions and arrangements for participating and voting in the General Meeting, is published in the French Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires (BALO) of 23 March 2015.
Preparatory information documents for the General Assembly will be made available to shareholders in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory provisions, and can be consulted on the Group's website (www.gdfsuez.com).
The General Meeting will include proposals to:
The Board of Directors will propose that the General Meeting ratify the co-option of Isabelle Kocher as a director, decided by the Board of Directors on 21 October 2014 with effect from 12 November 2014, to replace Paul Desmarais for the remainder of her predecessor's term, until the end of the Ordinary General Meeting which will be called in 2016 to approve the accounts of the fiscal year ending 31 December 2015.
The terms of office as director of Ann-Kristin Achleitner, Françoise Malrieu, Albert Frère, Edmond Alphandéry and Aldo Cardoso will expire at the end of the next General Meeting. Albert Frère has announced his decision not to seek renewal of his term as director.
The Board of Directors proposes to renew the terms of office of Ann-Kristin Achleitner, Françoise Malrieu, Edmond Alphandéry and Aldo Cardoso and to appoint two new independent directors, Barbara Kux and Marie-José Nadeau (to replace Albert Frère and Jean-François Cirelli)1 .
In addition, the Board of Directors has decided to implement Title II of French Ordinance 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 regarding governance and transactions involving the share capital of public sector companies, which modifies rules on the representation of the French State on the Board. As a result, the Board of Directors will submit to the Shareholders' Meeting the appointment of four directors nominated by the French State: Catherine Guillouard, Mari-Noëlle Jégo-Laveissière, Stéphane Pallez and Bruno Bézard. Astrid Milsan will remain a director representing the State and Pierre Mongin resigned from his position of director on 17 March 20151 .
After the vote on these resolutions, the Board of Directors would be composed of 19 members including 8 independent members, 11 women and 4 non-French nationals. In this case, 63% of Board members would be women2 , the highest percentage in the CAC 40.
GDF SUEZ inscrit la croissance responsable au cœur de ses métiers (électricité, gaz naturel, services à l'énergie) pour relever les grands enjeux énergétiques et environnementaux : répondre aux besoins en énergie, assurer la sécurité d'approvisionnement, lutter contre les changements climatiques et optimiser l'utilisation des ressources. Le Groupe propose des solutions performantes et innovantes aux particuliers, aux villes et aux entreprises en s'appuyant sur un portefeuille d'approvisionnement gazier diversifié, un parc de production électrique flexible et peu émetteur de CO2 et une expertise unique dans quatre secteurs clés : la production indépendante d'électricité, le gaz naturel liquéfié, les énergies renouvelables et l'efficacité énergétique. GDF SUEZ compte 152 900 collaborateurs dans le monde pour un chiffre d'affaires en 2014 de 74,7 milliards d'euros. Coté à Paris, Bruxelles et Luxembourg, le Groupe est représenté dans les principaux indices internationaux : CAC 40, BEL 20, DJ Euro Stoxx 50, Euronext 100, FTSE Eurotop 100, MSCI Europe, ASPI Eurozone, Euronext Vigeo Eurozone 120, Vigeo World 120, Vigeo Europe 120 et Vigeo France 20.
Contact presse : Tél. France : +33 (0)1 44 22 24 35 Tél. Belgique : +32 (0)2 510 22 76 70 Courrier électronique : [email protected]
Contact relations investisseurs : Tél. : +33 (0)1 44 22 66 29 Courrier électronique : [email protected]
1 These directors will be appointed for a four-year term, expiring at the end of the Ordinary General Meeting which will be called in 2019 to approve the accounts of the fiscal year ending 31 December 2018.
2 Percentage calculated in accordance with the law and the AFEP-MEDEF Code which discounts directors elected by employees when calculating the proportion of men and women.
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