Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Mar 19, 2025
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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Corporation with a Board of Directors (Société Anonyme à Conseil d'Administration) Share capital: 21 610 998,20 euros Registered office: 49 boulevard du Général Martial Valin, 75015 Paris RCS 410 910 095 Paris (the "Company")
Ladies and Gentlemen,
We have convened this General Meeting in order to submit for your approval decisions which fall within the remit of both the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meetings.
You are therefore asked to vote on the following agenda:
First resolution: Dismissal of a member of the Board of Directors (Shefali Agarwal)
Second resolution: Ratification of the co-optation of a member of the Board of Directors (Jacques Mallet)
Third resolution: Ratification of the co-optation of a member of the Board of Directors (Antoine Barouky)
Fourth resolution: Division of the par value of the Company's shares
Fifth resolution: Amendment of Article 14 of the Company's Articles of Association
Sixth resolution: Powers to carry out formalities
We hereby inform you that Mrs. Shefali Agarwal has been dismissed from her position as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Company by decision of the Board of Directors on November 13, 2024.
We therefore propose that Mrs. Shefali Agarwal's term of office as Director of the Company be terminated early, with immediate effect.
We hereby inform you that on February 20, 2025, the Board of Directors decided to co-opt Mr. Jacques Mallet as a Director of the Company, following the resignation of GammaX Corporate Advisory.
We therefore propose that you ratify the co-optation of Mr. Jacques Mallet as a Director for the remainder of the term of office of GammaX Corporate Advisory, which has resigned, i.e. until the Annual General Meeting to be held in 2025 to approve the financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2024.
We hereby inform you that on February 20, 2025, the Board of Directors decided to co-opt Mr. Antoine Barouky as a Director of the Company, following the resignation of Mr Khalil Barrage.
We therefore propose that you ratify the co-optation of Mr Antoine Barouky as a Director of the Company for the remainder of the term of office of Mr Khalil Barrage, which has resigned, i.e. until the Annual General Meeting to be held in 2025 to approve the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
In order to strengthen the liquidity of the shares and to align the nominal value of the shares with their real value, we propose that you decide:
Lastly, we propose that you grant full powers to the Company's Board of Directors, with the option of subdelegation under the conditions laid down by law and regulations, to:
• in general, to take all necessary measures, sign all deeds and documents, make all declarations and carry out all formalities to ensure the completion of the share split.
In order to bring the Company's bylaws into line with the provisions of Law 2024-537 of June 13, 2024, known as the "Attractiveness" law, we propose that you make a number of adjustments to article 14 of the Company's Articles of Association:
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| The Board of Directors may only validly deliberate if at least half of its members are present. The internal regulations may stipulate that, for the purposes of calculating quorum and majority, directors who take part in the meeting by videoconference or telecommunication are deemed to be present, within the limits and under the conditions laid down by the laws and regulations in force. These videoconferencing and telecommunication procedures may not be used : |
The Board of Directors may only validly deliberate if at least half of its members are present. For the purposes of calculating quorum and majority, directors who take part in the meeting by means of telecommunication are deemed to be present, within the limits and under the conditions laid down by the laws and regulations in force. […] |
| - for the preparation of the annual and consolidated financial statements ; |
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| - for the appointment and dismissal of the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officers. |
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| The Board of Directors may also take the following decisions by written consultation of the directors, which fall within the Board's specific powers: |
Decisions of the Board of Directors may also be taken by written consultation of its members. |
| - provisional appointment of Board members, in accordance with article L. 225-24 of the French Commercial Code, |
When the decision is taken by written consultation, the text of the proposed resolutions together with a ballot paper is sent by the Chairman to each member of the Board of Directors by electronic means (with acknowledgement of |
| - authorization of securities, endorsements and guarantees as provided for in the last paragraph of article |
receipt). |
| L. 225-35 of the French Commercial Code, | Directors have a period of three (3) business days |
| - decision to amend the bylaws to bring them into line with legal and regulatory provisions, pursuant to a |
following receipt of the text of the proposed resolutions and the voting form in which to complete and return to the Chairman by electronic means (with acknowledgement of |
| delegation of powers granted by the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting in accordance with the second paragraph of Article L. 225-36 of the French Commercial Code, |
receipt) the voting form, dated and signed, ticking for each resolution a single box corresponding to the meaning of their vote. |
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| - convening shareholders' meetings, and - transfer of the registered office to the same département. |
Any member of the Board has the same period of three (3) business days to object to the use of written consultation. In the event of opposition, the Chairman immediately informs the other members and convenes a meeting of the |
| When the decision is taken by written consultation, the text of the proposed resolutions, together with a ballot paper, is sent by the Chairman to each member of the Board of Directors by electronic means (with acknowledgement of receipt). Directors have a period of three (3) business days following receipt of the text of the proposed resolutions and the voting form to complete and return the voting |
Board of Directors to rule on the decision(s) concerned. If none or more than one box has been ticked for the same resolution, the vote will be null and void and will not be taken into account when calculating the majority. Any director failing to reply within the above time limit will be deemed absent, and his or her vote will therefore not be taken into account in calculating quorum and majority. During the response period, any director may request further explanations from the initiator of the consultation. Within five (5) business days of receipt of the last ballot, the Chairman will draw up and date the minutes of the deliberations, to which the ballots will be appended and which will be signed by the Chairman and a director who took part in the written consultation. Copies or extracts of Board resolutions are validly certified by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, a Managing Director, the Managing Director temporarily acting as Chairman, or an authorized representative. […] |
| form, dated and signed, to the Chairman by electronic means (with acknowledgement of receipt), ticking a single box for each resolution corresponding to the meaning of their vote. |
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| If none or more than one box has been ticked for the same resolution, the vote will be null and void and will not be taken into account when calculating the majority. |
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| Any Director who fails to reply within the above time limit will be deemed absent, and his or her vote will therefore not be taken into account for the purposes of calculating quorum and majority. |
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| During the response period, any director may request further explanations from the initiator of the consultation. |
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| Within five (5) business days of receipt of the last ballot paper, the Chairman will draw up and date the minutes of the deliberations, to which the ballot papers will be appended and which will be signed by the Chairman and a director who took part in the written consultation. |
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| Copies or extracts of Board resolutions are validly certified by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, a Managing Director, the Managing Director temporarily acting as Chairman, or an authorized representative. |
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| N/A | In accordance with applicable legal provisions, the Board |
| of Directors may make the necessary amendments to the | |
| bylaws to bring them into line with legislative and | |
| regulatory provisions, subject to ratification of such | |
| amendments by the next Extraordinary General Meeting. |
We propose that you give full powers to the bearer of an original, copy or extract of the present document to carry out all publication and filing formalities required by current legislation.
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It is in these circumstances that we ask you to vote on the resolutions proposed to you by your Board of Directors.
Board of Directors
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