The Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting of AREVA will be held on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 11.00 a.m. at Grand Auditorium de la Tour AREVA, 1 Place Jean Millier 92400 Courbevoie.
Each year, the Shareholders’ Meeting is an ideal opportunity to obtain information and exchange views. It is also an opportunity for you, the shareholders, to take an active part, via your vote, in key decisions affecting your Group, regardless of the number of shares you hold. All shareholders have the right to attend the annual general meeting. The right to participate in the Shareholders’ Meeting is subject to the accounting registration of the shares by the second business day preceding the Shareholders’ Meeting, i.e. May 17th, 2016 at 00:00 (Paris time), either in the registered security accounts kept by the company or its representative, or in the bearer security accounts kept by the custodian of their shares.
Vigipirate Attack Alert: As part of the intensified Vigipirate plan, you must be able to prove your identity to the security department on the day of the General Meeting. It is imperative that you have a form of identification and your admission card, if you have requested it.
To participate in the meeting, the shareholders may decide between the following options:
a) attend the Shareholders’ Meeting in person by requesting an admission card;
b) participate remotely by giving a proxy to the Chairman or any other natural or legal person of his or her choice; or
c) return the mail-in ballot
The shareholders wishing to attend the Shareholders’ Meeting in person may request an admission card in the following conditions:
- registered shareholders automatically receive a convening notice which notably includes a voting proxy form. He or she must complete such voting proxy form, stating that he or she wishes to attend the Shareholders’ Meeting and receive an admission card, and then return the voting proxy form signed, using the prepaid envelope attached. The shareholder may go directly to the desk set up for this purpose on the day of the Shareholders’ Meeting, with proof of identity;
- bearer shareholders must request an admission card from the authorized intermediary who manages his or her securities account.
A shareholder unable to attend the Shareholders’ Meeting may cast his vote by correspondence, by sending a proxy form to the Chairman of the Shareholders’ Meeting, or by being represented at the Shareholders’ Meeting by any legal or natural person of his/her choice in the conditions set forth by applicable laws and regulations:
2.1 Voting by using the voting proxy form
- registered shareholders must send the completed voting form attached to the convening notice using the prepaid envelope attached;
- bearer shareholders must request the voting form from the authorized intermediary who manages his or her securities account. Such request must be received by the authorized intermediary six days before the date of the Shareholders’ Meeting at the latest. The completed form, together with the certificate of participation issued by the authorized intermediary must be sent to the following address: Société Générale - Service des Assemblées - CS 30812, 44308 Nantes Cedex 3.
In order to be valid, the voting forms must be received by Société Générale - Service des Assemblées three days before the Shareholders’ Meeting at the latest, i.e. May 16, 2016.
There will be no provision for voting by means of telecommunication at this Shareholders’ Meeting and therefore no website as provided by article R. 225-61 of the French Commercial Code will be created to this end.
2.2 Appointment/dismissal of a proxy
The shareholder having elected to be represented by the proxy of his/her choice may notify such appointment or dismiss the proxy in the following conditions:
- by regular mail sent either directly as regards the registered shareholders, or by the authorized intermediary as regards the bearer shareholders, to Société Générale - Service des Assemblées - CS 30812, 44308 Nantes Cedex 3, or
- by email, in accordance with article R. 225-79 of the French Commercial Code, to the following address: actionnaires@areva.com, bearing an electronic signature obtained from a trusted third-party certifier in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and stating the names, first names and addresses of the shareholder and the proxy. For the bearer shareholders, the notification must be sent together with the certificate of participation issued by the authorized intermediary.
In order for the notifications of appointment or dismissal of proxies sent by electronic media to be valid, confirmations for the appointment or dismissal must be received by Société Générale - Service des Assemblées the day before the Shareholders’ Meeting at the latest at 11:00 am, Paris time. The notifications sent by registered mail only must be received at the latest three days before the Shareholders’ Meeting, i.e. May 16, 2016.
- Avis de réunion de l’Assemblée Générale du 19 mai 2016 paru au BALO le 13 avril 2016 (French only)
- 2015 Reference document (.pdf)
- Articles of association (French only)
- Proxy/postal voting form (.pdf)
- Total number of existing voting rights and shares dated April 13, 2016 (.pdf)
- Board of directors'report on the resolutions submitted to the ordinary general meeting of 19 May 2016 (.pdf)
- Notice of meeting (.pdf)
- Release of documents and information regarding the ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting of AREVA of May 19, 2016
- Statutory auditors’ attestation on total amount of sponsorship and patronage (French only)
- Statutory auditors’ attestation on total amount of the 5 highest remunerations (French only)
- Reporting on the votes (.pdf)
In accordance with article L. 225-108 of the French Commercial Code, written questions may be sent to the Board of Directors, at the latest on the fourth business day prior to the Shareholders’ Meeting, i.e. May 12, 2016 at 00:00 am (Paris time), by registered letter with an acknowledgement of receipt to the following address: AREVA, Direction Juridique Gouvernance, Sociétés, Bourse & Finance, TOUR AREVA, 1 Place Jean Millier, 92400 Courbevoie or by sending an e-mail to the following e-mail address : legal.assgen.areva@areva.com.
In accordance with article R. 225-84 of the French Commercial Code, written questions has to be sent together with a certificate of account registration either in the accounts of registered shares maintained by the Company, or in the accounts of bearer shares maintained by an authorized intermediary acting as custodian.
A single answer may be provided to the questions having the same content. An answer to a written question shall be deemed answered if it has been posted on the Company’s website on the section dedicated to questions and answers. The Board of Directors will answer to the written questions not previously answered during the Shareholders’ Meeting.