Societe Generale: Requirements and modalities for the shareholders to participate in the combined General meeting dated 19 Ma...
April 10 2020 - 12:53PM
Societe Generale: Requirements and modalities for the shareholders
to participate in the combined General meeting dated 19 May 2020
PRESS RELEASE
Paris, 10 April 2020
Requirements and modalities for the
shareholders to participate in the combined General meeting dated
19 May 2020
In the context of the current health crisis and
following measures implemented by the authorities regarding
mobility restrictions, the Board of Directors has decided on 31
March 2020 to hold the General Meeting Tours Société Générale - 17
cours Valmy - La Défense 7 without the physical presence of its
shareholders pursuant to article 4 of the Ordinance N° 2020-321 of
25 March 2020 adapting the rules for meetings and deliberations of
the shareholders’ meetings.
Nevertheless, the shareholders shall have the
right to follow by distance the General Meeting which shall be live
streamed and available for later viewing at www.societegenerale.com
and via phone using a tool-free number.
During the Meeting, it shall not be possible to
either ask questions or file amendments drafts or new
resolutions.
The shareholders of the Company are invited to
exercice their voting right prior to the General Meeting according
to the following modalities:
Only votes from shareholders who have proven
their status by the second business day preceding the Meeting, i.e.
on 15 May 2020, at midnight will be taken into account at the
Meeting.
Vote by internet on the secured
plateform (recommended)
The Company offers its shareholders and FCPE
unit holders to vote via the secured VOTACCESS platform.
The VOTACCESS platform will be open from 15
April 2020 at 9:00 a.m. to 18 May 2020 at 3:00 p.m.
In order to avoid any potential overloading, it is
recommended to shareholders and FCPE unit holders not to wait until
the deadline to log on.
Vote by post
The shareholders can also vote by using the
single form to vote by post according to the standard
procedures :
- Registered shareholders or FCPE unit holders shall use the
single form to vote which is annexed to the convening
brochure.
- Bearer shareholders shall get the single form to vote by post
from their intermediary custodian which manages their accounts, and
return it to him duly complete so that later forward it to the
centralising agent along with a participation certificate.
.In any case, the duly completed and signed
single form to vote by post, together with a participation
certificate for the bearer shareholders, shall be received by
Societe Generale (Service Assemblées, CS 30812, 44 308 Nantes Cedex
3 - France) no later than two calendar days before the date of the
Meeting, i.e. on 17 May 2020.
Proxies
The shareholders shall also have the right to
appoint a proxy or authorise the Chairman of the Meeting to vote on
their behalf.
In addition, we invite the shareholders for more
details to consult the convening brochure which shall be made
available on the web site of the Company on 15 April 2020.
Due to mobility restrictions measures , it shall
not be possible to either requests for admission tickets or appoint
a third party as proxy during the General Meeting.
Shareholders are invited to submit their written
questions, pursuant to Article R. 225-84 of the French Commercial
Code, from the time the meeting notice is published (18 March 2020)
until the fourth business day prior to the meeting date (13 May
2020) :
- either by sending a registered letter with acknowledgement of
receipt to the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Societe
Generale’s headquarters
- or by sending an email to General.meeting@socgen.com with the
subject line “written questions to the Chairman of the Board of
Directors for the General Meeting on 19 May 2020”.
However, as an exception and in light of the
conditions in which the Meeting will be held, shareholders may
submit their written questions via email in the abovementioned
format until 4.00 p.m. on 17 May 2020 for a response from the Board
of Directors which will either be posted on the page dedicated to
the 2020 General Meeting of the Shareholders at
www.societegenerale.com or provided during the Meeting.
Questions must be submitted with proof of
account registration to be considered.
The documents which must be made available to
the shareholders for the Meeting will be available at Societe
Generale’s administrative office (17, Cours Valmy - 92972 Paris -
La Défense - France) as from the publication of the convening
notice.
The documents and information mentioned in
Article R. 225-73-1 of the French Commercial Code to be submitted
to the Meeting will be made available on Societe Generale’s website
(www.societegenerale.com), no later than the twenty-first day
preceding the Meeting.
All modalities in connection with the
General Meeting of 19 May 2020 are available on the page dedicated
to the 2020 General Meeting on the Company website at
www.societegenerale.com
Press contacts:Corentin Henry +33 (0)1 58 98 01
75 corentin.henry@socgen.com
Societe Generale
Societe Generale is one of the leading European financial
services groups. Based on a diversified and integrated banking
model, the Group combines financial strength and proven expertise
in innovation with a strategy of sustainable growth, aiming to be
the trusted partner for its clients, committed to the positive
transformations of society and the economy.
Active in the real economy for over 150 years, with a solid
position in Europe and connected to the rest of the world, Societe
Generale has over 147,000 members of staff in 67 countries and
supports on a daily basis 31 million individual clients, businesses
and institutional investors around the world by offering a wide
range of advisory services and tailored financial solutions. The
Group is built on three complementary core businesses:
- French Retail Banking which encompasses the
Societe Generale, Crédit du Nord and Boursorama brands. Each offers
a full range of financial services with omnichannel products at the
cutting edge of digital innovation;
- International Retail Banking, Insurance and Financial
Services to Corporates, with networks in Africa, Russia,
Central and Eastern Europe and specialised businesses that are
leaders in their markets;
- Global Banking and Investor Solutions, which
offers recognised expertise, key international locations and
integrated solutions.
Societe Generale is included in the principal socially
responsible investment indices: DJSI (World and Europe), FTSE4Good
(Global and Europe), Euronext Vigeo (World, Europe and Eurozone),
four of the STOXX ESG Leaders indices, and the MSCI Low Carbon
Leaders Index. For more information, you can follow us on Twitter
@societegenerale or visit our website
www.societegenerale.com
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