The Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting of AREVA will be held on Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 3.00 p.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 19, 2015 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 attend the General Meeting, it is recommended that the shareholder obtains, before the Meeting, an admission card as follows:
- You hold registered shares: You automatically receive a notice to attend the Meeting which will notably include a form allowing you to attend the meeting, to be represented at it, or to exercise a postal vote, which you must complete, stating that you wish to attend the General Meeting, and then return it signed, using the prepaid envelope attached ;
or present yourself directly on the meeting date with a valid ID.
- You hold bearer shares: You must contact the custodian of your shares, indicating that you wish to attend the General Meeting, and request for an admission card.
• 1. By postal voting
A shareholder unable to attend the General Meeting may cast his vote by correspondence or by sending a proxy form to the Chairman of the General Meeting, or sending a proxy form to any other person.
- You hold registered shares: You must send the unique voting form attached to the convening notice using the prepaid envelope attached.
- You hold bearer shares: You must request the unique voting form to the custodian of your shares.
All forms, attached with the certificate of participation issued by the custodian of your shares, shall be send to the following address: Société Générale - Service des Assemblées (CS 30812, 44308 Nantes Cedex 3).
In order to be valid, postal voting forms must be received by to the Société Générale - Service des Assemblées before May 18, 2015.
• 2. By e-mail:
The provisions of article R.225-79 of the French Commercial Code provide for the notification of the appointment or withdrawal of a proxy via email:
- You hold registered shares: You must send an e-mail to the following address: actionnaires@areva.com with electronic signature, stating your name, first name, address and the registered account number as well as the name and first name of the proxy.
- You hold bearer shares: You must send an e-mail to the following address: actionnaires@areva.com with electronic signature, stating your name, first name, address and bank details as well as the name and first name of the proxy. A written confirmation shall be send by the custodian of your shares to the Société Générale - Service des Assemblées (CS 30812, 44308 Nantes Cedex 3).
The notification of the appointment or withdrawal of a proxy shall only be taken into account if they are received before May 20, 2015 before 3.00 pm (Paris time).
- Avis de réunion de l’Assemblée Générale du 21 mai 2015 paru au BALO le 13 avril 2015 (French only)
- Total number of existing voting rights and shares dated April 15, 2015 (.pdf)
- Reference document (.pdf)
- Articles of association (French only)
- Proxy/postal voting form (.pdf)
- 1. Statutory auditors’ report on the consolidated financial statements (.pdf)
- 2. Statutory auditors’ report on the annual financial statements (.pdf)
- 3. Statutory auditors’ special report on related party agreements and commitments (.pdf)
- 4. Statutory auditors’ report dealing with the report of the Chairman of the Board of Directors describing the internal control (.pdf)
- Notice of meeting (.pdf)
- Board of Directors’ report on the resolutions submitted to the Shareholders’ Meeting (French only, .pdf)
- 5. Statutory auditors’ attestation on total amount of the 5 highest remunerations (French only)
- 6. Statutory auditors’ attestation on total amount of sponsorship and patronage (French only)
- 7. Statutory auditors’ special report in related party agreements and commitments (French only)
- Avis de convocation à l’Assemblée Générale du 21 mai 2015 paru au BALO le 6 mai 2015 (French only)
- Release of documents and information regarding the ordinary and extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting of AREVA of May 21, 2015
- Resolution voting results
- Report of the General Meeting (French only)
Written questions shall be sent to the Board of Directors, at the latest on the fourth day prior to the general meeting, i.e. May 15, 2015 at 00:00 (Paris time), by registered letter with an acknowledgement of receipt at the following address: AREVA, Secrétariat Général, TOUR AREVA, 1 Place Jean Millier, 92400 à 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.
The Board of Directors will answer to the written questions during the meeting or, in accordance with article L. 225-108 of the French Commercial code, the answer will be given on the Company website. A common response can be provide to questions having the same content.