AGM Information • Jun 6, 2025
AGM Information
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In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, which were passed at the Company's Combined Shareholders' General Meeting on 6 June 2025, are set out below:
The Shareholders' Meeting, voting under the quorum and majority conditions required for extraordinary shareholders' meetings, and having reviewed the Management Board's report and the statutory auditors' special report, acting in accordance with articles L. 225-197-1 et seq. of the French Commercial Code:
authorizes the Management Board, with the option to subdelegate under the conditions provided by law, to proceed, on one or more occasions, with the allocation of free existing or newly issued shares (excluding preference shares), to the benefit of the beneficiaries or categories of beneficiaries it shall determine from among the employees of the Company or of companies or entities affiliated with it under the conditions set forth in article L. 225-197-2 of the French Commercial Code, and the corporate officers of the Company or of companies or entities affiliated with it who meet the conditions set forth in article L. 225-197-1, II of the French Commercial Code, under the terms defined below;
resolves that the free allocation of existing or newly issued shares under this authorization may not represent more than 2% of the share capital of the Company on the date of the decision to allocate them by the Management Board, it being specified that the maximum nominal amount of capital increases that may be carried out, immediately or in the future, under this authorization shall count against the global limit set in paragraph 2 of the fifth resolution of the Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting of the Company held on 9 December 2024 or, as applicable, against the global limit potentially set by any similar resolution that may replace said resolution during the validity period of this authorization, and in any event, the total number of shares allocated free of charge may not exceed the limits set by articles L. 225-197-1 et seq. of the French Commercial Code. These limits shall be increased, where applicable, by the number of shares to be issued as a result of adjustments required to preserve, in accordance with legal and regulatory provisions and, where applicable, the terms of the plans providing for other preservation mechanisms, the rights of the beneficiaries;
resolves that the Management Board may decide to make the final allocation of freely allotted shares subject, or not, to the achievement of one or more performance conditions, as may be determined by the Management Board;
grants full powers to the Management Board, with the option to subdelegate under the conditions permitted by law, to implement this authorization and, in particular, to:
resolves that the Management Board shall also have, with the option to subdelegate under the conditions permitted by law, all powers to deduct, where applicable, in the event of the issuance of new shares, from reserves, retained earnings or share premiums, the amounts necessary to fully pay up said shares, to record the completion of share capital increases carried out pursuant to this authorization, to amend the Company's articles of association accordingly, and more generally to carry out any acts and formalities necessary;
resolves that the Company may, where applicable, proceed with adjustments to the number of shares freely allocated as may be necessary to preserve the rights of the beneficiaries, in light of any transactions affecting the share capital or shareholders' equity of the Company, in particular in the event of a change in the nominal value of shares, allocation of free shares, issuance of new equity securities with preferential subscription rights, stock splits or reverse stock splits, distributions of reserves, share premiums or any other assets, amortization of the share capital, changes in profit allocation through the issuance of preference shares, or any other transaction affecting shareholders' equity or share capital and/or in the event of a change of control). It is specified that the shares allocated pursuant to such adjustments shall be deemed to have been allocated on the same date as the initially allocated shares;
acknowledges that, in the event of the free allocation of newly issued shares, this authorization shall entail, upon final allocation of said shares, a share capital increase through the capitalization of reserves, retained earnings or share premiums, for the benefit of the beneficiaries of said shares, and a corresponding waiver by the shareholders of their preferential subscription rights to such shares in favor of said beneficiaries;
acknowledges that, in the event the Management Board makes use of this authorization, it shall report each year to the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting on the transactions carried out pursuant to the provisions of articles L. 225-197-1 to L. 225-197-3 of the French Commercial Code, in accordance with the conditions set forth in article L. 225-197-4 of the French Commercial Code;
resolves that this authorization is given to the Management Board for a period of twenty-six (26) months as from the date of this Shareholders' Meeting;
resolves that this authorization supersedes, as of today and up to the unused portion, where applicable, any prior authorization having the same purpose, namely any authorization to proceed with the free allocation of existing or newly issued shares to employees and corporate officers of the group, or certain among them.
The Shareholders' Meeting, voting under the quorum and majority conditions required for extraordinary shareholders' meetings, and having reviewed the Management Board's report and the statutory auditors' special report, acting in accordance with articles L. 225-204, L. 225- 205 and L. 225-214 of the French Commercial Code,
authorizes the Management Board to carry out a share capital reduction on one or more occasions by cancelling shares, in accordance with article L. 225-214 of the French Commercial Code, of a maximum number of shares representing 10% of the Company's share capital at the date of this Shareholders' Meeting, acquired by the Company under the provisions of article L. 225-208 of the French Commercial Code,
resolves that the Management Board shall have all powers, with the option to sub-delegate powers under the conditions provided by law, to decide and implement a share capital reduction in accordance with this resolution and including:
resolves that this authorization is granted to the Management Board for a period of thirty (30) months as from the date of this Shareholders' Meeting.
The General Meeting, acting under the quorum and majority conditions required for ordinary general meetings, after having reviewed the report of the Management Board, the report of the independent expert appointed pursuant to Articles R. 225-160-1 and following of the French Commercial Code, and the special report of the statutory auditors, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 225-209-2 of the French Commercial Code:
subject, in respect of both the minimum and maximum purchase prices, to adjustment, if necessary, to reflect corporate actions (notably in the event of capitalization of reserves and free share grants, stock splits or reverse splits) occurring during the validity of this authorization;
This authorization is granted for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of this General Meeting. It is specified that if, during the validity of this authorization, the Company's shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility under French law, this authorization will automatically expire.
The Shareholders' Meeting confers all powers to the bearer of an original, copy, or extract of the minutes of this Shareholders' Meeting to carry out all legal formalities.
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