Bureau Veritas SA

AGM Information • May 9, 2011

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF MAY 27, 2011

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, May 9, 2011

Preparatory documents for the Annual General Meeting of 27 May 2011

The Combined Annual General Meeting of Bureau Veritas Registre international de classification de navires et d'aéronefs (the "Company") will be held on Friday May 27, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at the following address: Eurosites, 28 avenue George V, 75008 Paris - France, for the purpose of discussing the agenda and the draft resolutions indicated in the preliminary notice of meeting published in the legal gazette "Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires" n°42 of April 8, 2011 ( http://www.journalofficiel.gouv.fr/balo/) and on the Company's website (www.bureauveritas.com/investors) under Shareholder Information / Annual General Meeting.

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°55 (http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/balo/) and in the legal newspaper Les Petites Affiches of May 9, 2011. Said notices are available on the Company's website (www.bureauveritas.com/investors) under Shareholder Information / Annual General Meeting.

A file " 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/investors) under Shareholder Information / Annual General Meeting.

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/investors) under Shareholder Information / Annual General Meeting, since Friday May 6, 2011.

All other preparatory documents pertaining to the Meeting are available for shareholders at the Company's headquarters and/or on the Company's website (www.bureauveritas.com/investors), under Shareholder Information / Annual General 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 Monday May 23, 2011 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 conditions as follows:

• for shareholders whose shares are held in registered form in the main register managed by BNP Paribas Securities Services: to BNP Paribas Securities Services - CTS – Assemblées Générales, Grands Moulins de Pantin - 9, rue du Débarcadère 93761 Pantin cedex, France;
• for shareholders whose shares are held in registered form in the employee sub-register managed by CACEIS Corporate Trust: to CACEIS Corporate Trust, Assemblées Générales Centralisées, 14 rue Rouget de Lisle, 92862 Issy-les-Moulineaux cedex 09, France;
• for shareholders holding bearer shares: either to the financial agent whose manages their shares, or, provided they attach to their request a certificate of attendance issued by their financial agent, directly to BNP Paribas Securities Services, at the above address.

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 headquarters or on the Company's website as appropriate (www.bureauveritas.com/investors) under Shareholder Information / Annual General Meeting.

Please note that the Company 2010 Registration Document (Document de Référence) filed on March 23, 2011 with the Autorité des marchés financiers is available on the Company's website (www.bureauveritas.com/investors) under Regulated Information / Financial and Annual Reports, and on the website of the Autorité des marchés financiers (www.amf-france.org). The Company 2010 Registration Document includes in particular the annual financial report, the Report of the Chairman of the Board of Directors with special reporting on the internal auditing and risk management procedures implemented by the Company, as well as the statutory auditors' fees for the financial year ending December 31, 2010.

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