Terms and conditions of attendance

All shareholders whose shares have been registered in a share account 3 trading days prior to the date of the Meeting may attend on the following express condition:

• for shareholders owning bearer shares: they must present an admittance card or, alternatively, a certificate stating the ownership of their shares (in order to obtain the admittance card at the entrance to the Meeting),
• for shareholders owning registered shares: they may attend the Meeting without completing any formalities in particular. However, in order to facilitate their admission and avoid waiting in the reception area outside the meeting room, it is preferable that they complete and return the application form for an admittance card enclosed with their notice to attend the meeting.

If they are unable to attend the Meeting, shareholders should complete the form enclosed with the notice to attend and return it to the Company. This document will enable them:

• either to vote by mail,
• or to be represented by their spouse or another shareholder, an individual or a legal entity,
• or to give the Chairman of the Meeting power to vote on their behalf, giving the name of no other representative or proxy.

If they attend the Meeting, they will be given, as appropriate:

• a ballot paper,
• an electronic device along with its instructions for use. Starting with the Annual General Meeting convened in 1998, the B.N.P. decided to use electronic voting...