P R E S S R E L E A S E – M A Y 2 5 , 2020

Shareholders' Meeting set for July 2, 2020

Wendel informs its shareholders that the Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting will be held exceptionally in closed session on July 2, 2020 at 2 pm. Despite the postponement of the Meeting initially planned to be held on June 4, 2020, the usual organization of this event has been reviewed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Executive Board made this decision taking into account the health emergency state in force until July 10, 2020 and the provisions preventing gatherings of more than 10 persons pursuant to Decree n°2020-548 dated May 11, 2020, in the framework of Order n°2020-321 dated March 25, 2020 adjusting rules applying to shareholders' meetings.

The notice of meeting is published today in the Bulletin des Annonces Légales et Obligatoires. It includes notably the agenda, the draft resolutions which will be presented to the Meeting and the conditions to participate in the Meeting and use distance voting systems. It is also available on the Wendel website: www.wendelgroup.com.

Other documents and information concerning this Meeting will be available to shareholders and published as from June 11, 2020, under legal and regulatory conditions, on the dedicated page of the Wendel website https://www.wendelgroup.com/en/annual-general-meetings.

The Meeting will be available by webcast in its entirety on the website www.wendelgroup.com.

Agenda

7/2/2020 Shareholders' Meeting

7/30/2020

Q2 2020 / Publication of NAV as of June 30, 2020, and trading update (post-market release).

09/16/2020

2020 Half-Year consolidated financial statements / Condensed Half-Year consolidated financial statements (postmarket release) - No NAV publication.

11/4/2020

2020 Investor Day – Publication of NAV as of September 30, 2020, and Q3 2020 trading update (publication on November 4, 2020 after market close).

About Wendel

Wendel is one of Europe's leading listed investment firms. The Group invests in Europe, North America and Africa in companies which are leaders in their field, such as Bureau Veritas, Cromology, Stahl, IHS, Constantia Flexibles, Crisis Prevention Institute and Tsebo. Wendel plays an active role as a controlling or lead shareholder in these companies. We implement long-term development strategies, which involve boosting growth and margins of companies so as to enhance their leading market positions.

Wendel is listed on Eurolist by Euronext Paris.

Standard & Poor's ratings: Long-term: BBB, stable outlook – Short-term: A-2 since January 25, 2019

Moody's ratings: Long-term: Baa2, stable outlook – Short-term: P-2 since September 5, 2018

Wendel is the Founding Sponsor of Centre Pompidou-Metz. In recognition of its long-term patronage of the arts, Wendel received the distinction of "Grand Mécène de la Culture" in 2012.

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