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PREPARATORY DOCUMENTS FOR THE COMBINED SHAREHOLDERS` MEETING OF MAY 15, 2018
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, April 25, 2018 - The combined shareholders` meeting (ordinary and extraordinary) (the "Meeting") of Bureau Veritas (the "Company") will be held on Tuesday May 15, 2018 at 3:00 p.m., at Automobile Club de France, 6 place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris (France), for the purpose of deliberating on the agenda and the draft resolutions contained in the preliminary notice of meeting (avis de réunion) published in the legal gazette "Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires" n°43 of April 9, 2018 (http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/balo/).
The main instructions for participating and voting at the Meeting are described in the above mentioned preliminary notice of meeting as well as in the notice of meeting published in the legal gazette "Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires" n°50 (http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/balo/) and in the newspaper "Petites Affiches" of April 25, 2018. Said notices are available on the Company`s website (www.bureauveritas.com).
A booklet "notice of meeting" including the agenda, the draft resolutions and the main instructions for participating and voting at the Meeting has been sent to shareholders holding shares in registered form. This document is also available on the Company`s website (www.bureauveritas.com).
The documents and information referred to in article R. 225-73-1 of the French Commercial Code are available on the Company`s website (www.bureauveritas.com), under Finance / Shareholders / Shareholders Meeting, as from Tuesday April 24, 2018.
In compliance with legal and regulatory provisions, all other preparatory documents pertaining to the Meeting are available to the shareholders at the Company`s registered office and/or on the Company`s website (www.bureauveritas.com), under Finance / Shareholders / Shareholders Meeting, in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory provisions.
Shareholders may also request until the fifth day (inclusive) prior to the Meeting, i.e.,
until Thursday May 10, 2018 (included), that the documents and information referred to in articles R. 225-81 and R. 225-83 of the French Commercial Code be sent to them under the following conditions:
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for shareholders holding registered shares: to BNP Paribas Securities Services - Service Assemblées Générales - CTS Assemblées Générales - Les Grands Moulins de Pantin, 9 rue du Débarcadère, 93761 Pantin cedex (France);
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for shareholders holding bearer shares: either to the authorized financial intermediary who manages their shares, or, provided they attach to their request an ownership certificate issued by their authorized financial intermediary, directly to BNP Paribas Securities Services at the address above.