Procedure for calling meetings

The General Meeting of Shareholders, ordinary, special or extraordinary, meets when called to do so by the Board of Directors or Auditor(s).

Calls to any General Meeting of Shareholders mention, in particular, the venue, date and time of the meeting, the agenda with a list of the matters to be dealt with, reports, and proposed resolutions for each point to be subjected to voting, and also the procedure for taking part in the meeting or to provide representation.

Holders of dematerialized or bearer shares are called to meetings by advertisements in Le Moniteur Belge (Official Belgian Journal) and in a Belgian national newspaper at least twenty-four days prior to the meeting, in practice in the “L'Echo” (in French) and in the “De Tijd” (in Dutch). The documents are personally sent to the registered shareholders prior to the General Meeting of Shareholders, although there is no need for justification of the accomplishment of these arrangements.