Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Mar 29, 2019
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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ORANGE BELGIUM LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AVENUE DU BOURGET 3 / BOURGETLAAN 3 1140 BRUSSELS
One or more shareholders who together own at least 3% of the share capital of the company have the right to (i) add new agenda items to the agenda of the ordinary, extraordinary and special general meeting which will take place on 2May 2019at 11.00 hours at the registered office of the company and/or to (ii) present new proposals for decision concerning agenda items that were or will be written in the agenda.
Any shareholder or shareholders who exercise this right must comply with the following two condi conditions for their question to be eligible for consideration at the general meeting:
This right can be exercised by delivering the text of the new agenda items and equivalent proposals for decisions and/or of the proposals for decision to the company via e-mail ([email protected]) or via postal services (at the registered office of the company – for the attention of Ms Anske De Porre). Any requests to this end must arrive at the company at the latest on Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday 10April 2019at 17.00hours. The company will confirm receipt of these requests by e-mail or postal services at the address given to it by the shareholder.
The agenda which will then, as the case may be, be modified will be published at the latest on Wednesday WednesdayWednesday 17 April 201 April 2019 (on the website of the company at the following address: http://corporate.orange.be/en/, in the Belgian Official Gazette and in the press).
An ad hoc form for voting by proxy or by correspondence completed with the additional items and/or proposals for decision will be made available on the company's website at the following address: http://corporate.orange.be/en/ at the same time as the publication of the revised agenda, namely at the latest on Wednesday Wednesday17April 201 pril 201pril 2019.
The proxies notified to the company before the publication of the revised agenda remain valid for the agenda items they cover. As an exception to this rule, the proxy holder can, for the agenda items for which in accordance with article 533ter of the Belgian Companies Code new proposals for decisions have been submitted, deviate during the meeting from the instructions of the proxy giver, if carrying out the instructions could prejudice the interests of the proxy giver. The proxy holder must inform the proxy giver of this. The proxy must state whether the proxy holder is entitled to vote on the newly-added items on the agenda, or if he/she should abstain.
Similarly the forms for voting by correspondence which the company would have received before the publication of the revised agenda remain valid for the agenda items they cover. As an exception to this rule, voting on an agenda item for which in accordance with article 533ter of the Belgian Companies Code a new proposal for decision has been submitted is null and void.
The shareholders have the right to ask questions in writing to the directors and/or the auditor of the company before the ordinary, extraordinary and special general meeting of Thursday ThursdayThursday2May2019.
The exercise of this right is subject to the following two conditions conditions:
These questions can be submitted prior to the general meeting via fax (+32 2 745 86 45), e-mail ([email protected]) or postal service (sent to the registered office of the company – for the attention of Ms Anske De Porre). These questions must arrive at the company at the latest on Friday26April 2019at16.00 hours .00 hours hours.
During the general meeting, the directors will answer the questions which have been addressed by the shareholders in writing (or orally during the meeting) concerning their report or the agenda items in so far as the communication of data or facts is not of such a nature that it would be detrimental to the commercial interests of the company or to the confidentiality to which the company or its directors have committed themselves.
The auditor will answer the questions which have been addressed by the shareholders in writing (or orally during the meeting) concerning his report in so far as the communication of data or facts is not of such a nature that it would be detrimental to the commercial interests of the company or to the confidentiality to which the company, its directors or the auditor have committed themselves. He has the right to speak during the general meeting in connection with the fulfilment of his task.
If different questions deal with the same subject matter, the directors and/or auditor may provide one global answer.
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