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Société Générale — AGM Information 2015
May 19, 2015
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Paris, May 19, 2015
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND BOARD OF OF DIRECTORS ON 19 MAY 201 2015
Annual General Meeting
The Ordinary General Meeting of S Expo, Grande Arche of Paris La Défense, and was chaired by Frédéric Oudéa. Shareholders of Societe Generale was held on 19 May 2015 2015 at Paris
Quorum was established at 54.66 6% vs. 58.27% in 2014:
- 731 shareholders attended the Annual General Meeting;
- 708 shareholders were represented;
- 4,919 shareholders voted online online;
- 3,004 shareholders voted by post;
- 7,814 shareholders, representing 1.77 1.77% of the capital, gave their proxy to the Chairman.
All the resolutions put forward by the Board of Directors were adopted adopted, in particular:
- The 2014 annual and consolidated financial statements wer were approved;
- The dividend per share has been set at EUR 1.20. It shall be detached on 26 May from 28 May 2015; ave , May 2015 and paid
- Three directors were renewed for and Mrs. Ana Maria Llopis Rivas; a period of four years: Mr. Frédéric Oudéa, Mrs. Kyra Rivas; Hazou
- Two directors were appointed for a Mestrallet. period of four years: Mrs. Barbara Dalibard and Mr. Gérard
Favourable opinions were issued on matters rel ("Say on pay") and on compensation paid in 201 related to the compensation of Chief Executive Officers ay") 2014 to regulated persons.
Detailed results of the votes will be available on the Company's website starting on 2 under the section "annual general meeting". 20 May 2015
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A FRENCH CORPORATION WITH SHARE CAPITAL OF EUR 1 007 625 077 552 120 222 RCS PARIS OF 077,50
Board of Directors
As announced in January 2015, the separation of functions of the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer is effective at the end of the Meeting. Mr Board and Mr. Frédéric Oudéa keep Mr. Lorenzo Bini Smaghi is appointed Chairman of the keeps the function of Chief Executive Officer.
Following the renewals and appointments of directors, 50% of Board of directors' members are women including 5 women appointed by the shareholders is equal to more than 91.6% (11/12) according MEDEF Code. The Board of Directors will representatives, elected by the employees in March 2015 for three years shareholders (41.6%). The independent rate of the Board to the new calculation method provided by the AFEP he be composed of fourteen members including two employee years: ppointed . AFEP-
- Mr. Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Chairman
- Mr. Frédéric Oudéa, Chief executive officer and director
- Mr. Robert Castaigne, director
- Mr. Michel Cicurel, director
- Mrs. Barbara Dalibard
- Mr. Yann Delabrière, director
- Mrs. Kyra Hazou, director
- Mrs. France Houssaye, director elected by employee . employees
- Mrs. Béatrice Lepagnol, director elected by employee ce employees
- Mr. Jean-Bernard Lévy, director
- Mrs. Ana Maria Llopis Rivas, director Bernard Schaapveld, director.
- Mr. Gérard Mestrallet
- Mrs. Nathalie Rachou, director
- Mrs. Alexandra Schaapveld
Upon proposal from the Nomination and Corporate reviewed the composition of the committees which will be composed as fo Governance Committee, the Board of Directors follows from May 20, 2015 llows 2015:
- Audit and Internal Control Committee: Alexandra Schaapveld (chairman), Robert Castaigne, Kyra Hazou and Nathalie ontrol Rachou.
- Risk Committee: Nathalie Rachou (c Schaapveld. sk (chairman), Robert Castaigne, Kyra Hazou and Alexandra
- Compensation Committee: Jean and Gérard Mestrallet. Jean-Bernard Lévy (chairman), Michel Cicurel, France Houssaye hairman), Bernard ittee:
- Nomination and Corporate Governance Comm Cicurel and Jean-Bernard Lévy. Committee: Gérard Mestrallet (chairman), Michel Bernard 2
Note to editors:
Mr. Frédéric Oudéa, a French national, born in 1963, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since May 24, 2009, joined Societe Generale in 1995, after he held a Administration. Within our Company, he has been Deputy Head then Head of the Corporate Banking arm in London, Head of Global Supervision and Development of Equities, Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Group Chief Financial Off the end of the General Meeting, he will be Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale. number of positions in French Officer, before being appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2008. At
Mrs. Kyra Hazou, born in 1956, an American and British national, was Managing Director and Group Legal Counsel for Salomon Smith Barney / Citibank from 1985 to 2000, after practising as a lawyer in both London and New York. From 2001 to 2007, she was non Committee and the Risk Committee of the Financial Services Auth an independent Director of Societe Generale since Control Committee and a member of the non-executive Director, Member of the Audit Authority in the United Kingdom. She is since 2011 and a member of the A the Risk Committee. icer, executive ority Audit and Internal
Mrs. Ana Maria Llopis Rivas, born in 1950, a Spanish national, spent 11 Spanish banking sector (Banesto and Santander Group) where she notably founded an online bank and broker. Executive Chairman of Razona, a financial consulting firm, she was then appointed Executive Vice President of Financial and Insu non-executive Director and Member of the Audit Committee of Reckitt the Supervisory Board of ABN AMRO. She is currently Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ideas4all, Director of AXA Spain DIA. She is an independent Director of Societe Generale since 2011. years working in the Insurance Markets for the consultancy Indra, as well as executive Reckitt-Benckiser, and then member of 4all, Spain and non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of rance Benckiser, executive positions at France Télécom
Mrs. Barbara Dalibard, born in 1958, a French national, held different from 1982 to 1998. Then, she was Managing Director of Alcanet International SAS, subsidiary of the Alcatel-Lucent group, then, Director of the "business" market for Orange France and Vice Orange Business. From 2003 to 2006, she was Director of the Director of the « Corporate Communication Services 2010, she was Executive Director of Orange Business Services. In 2010, she joined SNCF group, where she was Managing Dire Committee. Since 2014, she is Managing Director of travelers for the SNCF group. Dalibard is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Michelin. positions Lucent the « Corporate Solutions » division for France Télécom. From 2006 to Director of SNCF Voyages and member of the General Management Board of directors of Eurostar International Limited and Vice-President of Solutions » division, then ctor group. Mrs. Barbara and of the
Mr. Gérard Mestrallet, born in 1949, a French National, held different positions in the French Administration before joining the Compagnie Financière de Suez as a Special Advisor to the President, then as Senior Executive Vi 1991, he has been appointed Executive Director of Société Générale of Belgium. In July 1995, he became Chairman and Chief executive officer of Compagnie de Suez, then in June 1997, Chairman the Executive Board of Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux and, finally, in 2001, Chairman and Chief executive officer of Suez. Since July 2008, he is Chairman and Chie Chairman of the Board of directors of Suez Environnem Siemens AG. Vice-President in charge of industrial affairs of Suez. In February Chief executive officer of GDF Suez; he is also Environnement and a member of the Supervisory Board of President of f ent
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