Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Oct 22, 2008
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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Paris, 22 October 2008 – At today's Board meeting, GDF SUEZ's directors decided to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting for shareholders to be held at 2:30 pm on Wednesday 17 December 2008, at Grande Arche, 1 parvis de la Défense, 92044 Paris la Défense, France.
The primary purpose with this General Meeting is to submit the proposed spin-off of the LNG terminals branch and the natural gas underground storage facilities branch in France for shareholders' approval. This project aims to enable these two branches to operate more effectively and meet the commitments made to the European Commission in connection with the merger between Gaz de France and SUEZ.
All of the documentation related to the General Meeting can be downloaded from the Group's website at www.gdfsuez.com (section: "Finance" – "Regulatory information" – "General Meeting" – "Preparatory documents").
GDF SUEZ's Board of Directors also ratified the payment of an interim dividend for the current year of 0.80 euro per share, payable on 27 November 20081 . The General Meeting in May 2009 will pay out the balance on the ordinary dividend for 2008 and the exceptional dividend of 0.80 euro per share.
One of the leading energy providers in the world, GDF SUEZ is active across the entire energy value chain, in electricity and natural gas, upstream to downstream. It develops its businesses (energy, energy services and environment) around a responsible-growth model to take up the great challenges: responding to energy needs, ensuring the security of supply, fighting against climate change and maximizing the use of resources. GDF SUEZ relies on diversified supply sources as well as flexible and high-performance power generation in order to provide innovative energy solutions to individuals, cities and businesses. The Group employs 196,500 people worldwide and achieved revenues of €74.3 billion in 2007. GDF SUEZ is listed on the Brussels, Luxembourg and Paris stock exchanges and is represented in the main international indices: CAC 40, BEL 20, DJ Stoxx 50, DJ Euro Stoxx 50, Euronext 100, FTSE Eurotop 100, MSCI Europe and ASPI Eurozone.
Tel France: +33 (0)1 47 54 24 35 Tel Belgium: +32 2 510 76 70 E-Mail: [email protected] Investor Relations contact: Tel: +33 (0)1 40 06 66 29 E-Mail: [email protected]
GDF SUEZ CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS 22, rue du Docteur Lancereaux - 75392 Paris Cedex 08 - France Tel. +33 (0)1 57 04 00 00 GDF SUEZ - SA WITH A CAPITAL OF 2,191,532,680 EUROS - RCS PARIS 542 107 651 www.gdfsuez.com
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