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ANNUAL AND EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING
RESOLUTIONS
Management Board fi xing the issue price under this resolution
or fi xing the issue price under the Twenty-Second Resolution
adopted by the meeting; the Management Board may fi x
the issue price by applying a maximum discount of 20% to
the share price of the Company shares determined by either
of the methods described in (i) and (ii) of this paragraph, the
percentage of this discount applied to the share price of the
Company will be determined by the relevant Management
Board, including legal, regulatory and tax provisions of foreign
law applicable, as the case may be, to any persons who are
benefi ciaries of the issue;
4. Decides that the Management Board shall have all powers,
under the conditions provided by law and within the limits set
above, to implement this delegation and determine the list of
benefi ciaries within the categories established by this resolution
and the number of securities to be offered to each of them,
provided that the Management Board may decide that the
capital increase will be realised for the amounts subscribed,
provided that at least 75% of the shares or other securities
granting access to capital offered have been subscribed, and in
particular:
–defi ne the characteristics of the securities to be issued,
setting the issue price, dates, times, terms and conditions of
subscription, payment, delivery and possession of shares and
securities, within legal or regulatory limits,
–note the capital increase, issue shares and other securities
granting access to capital, amend the corresponding bylaws,
–and, more generally, enter into any agreement, in particular for
achieving the successful completion of the proposed issues,
take any measures and carry out all formalities for the issue,
trading and servicing of the securities issued by virtue of this
delegation and the exercise of the rights attached thereto, and
generally do whatever is necessary;
5. decides that this delegation shall nullify as of 31 July 2011 the
authorisation given by the General Meeting of 22 April 2010
in its Nineteenth Resolution for its amounts not used by the
Management Board.
The delegation conferred by this resolution shall be valid for a period
of 18 months from this General Assembly.
Twenty-Fourth Resolution
(Authorisation to cancel, if necessary,
theshares purchased under the conditions set
by the General Meeting, to a maximum of 10%
of capital)
The General Meeting, having fulfilled the quorum and majority
requirements required for Extraordinary General Meetings, having
considered the report of the Management Board and the special
report of the Statutory Auditors, authorises the Management Board,
in accordance with Article L. 225-209 of the French Commercial
Code, to cancel the treasury shares of the Company acquired
by virtue of the authorisations given by the General Meeting, in
accordance with Article L. 225-209 of the French Commercial Code,
as follows:
•the Management Board is authorised to cancel at its sole
discretion, in one or more stages, all or part of the shares acquired
under the repurchase authorisation of the treasury shares of the
Company within 10% of capital over a period of 24 months after
this meeting and to conduct proportional reductions of share
capital;
•the difference between the purchase price of the shares and
their par value will be deducted from the issue premium and, if
necessary, the legal reserve up to 10% of the capital canceled.
This authorisation, which supersedes the authorisation granted
by the General Meeting of 23 April 2009, is granted for a period
of 24 months from this date to the Management Board, with the
option of delegation, in order to accomplish all acts, formalities and
declarations to cancel the shares and make fi nal the reductions in
capital and, accordingly, to amend the bylaws.
Twenty-Fifth Resolution
(Powers for formalities)
The General Meeting gives full powers to the bearer of a copy or
excerpts of the report stating these resolutions to accomplish all
legal and administrative formalities.
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