Worldline - 2021 Combined General Meeting behind closed doors
The
2021 Combined
General Meeting of Worldline
will be exceptionally held behind closed
doors, without the shareholders
being physically present
The shareholders are invited to
vote or give proxy
before the
Meeting
The preliminary documents for the General
Meeting are made available to the
shareholders
Bezons, April
30, 2021. In the
evolving and exceptional context of the coronavirus pandemic
(Covid-19) and taking into account the maintenance of the state of
health emergency, the shareholders are informed that the Combined
General Shareholders’ meeting of Worldline will be held on
May 20, 2021 exceptionally behind
closed doors (à huis
clos), without the
physical presence of shareholders, in accordance with the
applicable regulations, in particular the order n°2020-321 dated
March 25, 2020 as modified and the provisions of which have been
extended by the decree n°2021-255 dated March 9, 2021.
The customary arrangements for the meeting have
been adjusted so as to enable all the shareholders to participate
remotely in this key event for your Company’s corporate life,
despite these exceptional circumstances.
- How to participate to our
General Meeting?
The meeting being held behind closed doors,
shareholders will be unable to obtain admittance cards.
Consequently, in advance of the General Meeting,
shareholders are invited to:
- Vote online or give proxy online
via the Votaccess secure website; or
- Vote or give proxy by postal
mail.
Due to the situation brought about by the
Covid-19 pandemic, the mail postal delays may be lengthened,
shareholders are thus strongly encouraged to opt for the online
participation. The procedure to remotely participate in the General
Meeting is detailed in the Convening notice (Brochure de
convocation), available at
www.investors.worldline.com/en/general-meeting-of-shareholders.
In addition, holders of bearer shares can ask
their financial intermediaries for proxy or distance voting forms
and holders of registered shares will directly receive these forms
with their convening notice.
The procedure to remotely participate in the
General Meeting is also detailed on the
Company’s website, on the page dedicate to the Meeting: www.investors.worldline.com/en/general-meeting-of-shareholders.
- Composition of the
Bureau of the General
Meeting
The identity and capacity of the persons
designated as scrutineers of the General Meeting will be made
available on the Company’s website prior to the Meeting.
- Amend resolutions and/or
propose new resolutions
As the General Meeting will be held behind
closed doors, shareholders will not be able to amend resolutions or
propose new resolutions during the meeting.
Written questions may be submitted to the
Company prior to the General Meeting by registered mail with
acknowledgment of receipt (for the attention of the Chairman of the
Board) or to the following email address:
assemblee-generale@worldline.com at the latest on the second
business day before the date of the General Meeting (i.e. May 18,
2021).
The written questions may be answered directly
on the Company’s website, at the following address:
www.investors.worldline.com/en/general-meeting-of-shareholders, or
by the Chairman of the Board during the Meeting.
- Questions and
Answers session
during the
Meeting:
Given that the General Shareholders’ Meeting
will be held behind closed doors, it will not be possible for
shareholders to ask oral questions. However, to encourage
participation, in addition to the legal mechanism for written
questions, shareholders will be able to ask questions during the
General Meeting directly from the webcast interface:
www.channel.royalcast.com/worldline/#!/worldline/20210520_4.
Therefore, as in a normal Shareholders’ Meeting, time will be set
aside for the Chairman to answer questions that have generated the
greatest interest within the period available.
- Live broadcasting of the
Meeting
To enable the shareholders to view the meeting
remotely, the General Meeting will be broadcasted
live (both in French and in English)
on Thursday May
20, 2021 at
2:30
p.m. (Paris time), on the General
Meeting section of the Company’s website, at the following address:
www.investors.worldline.com/en/general-meeting-of-shareholders. A
replay will be also subsequently available at the same address.
- Preliminary
documents and last information for the General
Meeting
As per applicable legal and regulatory
provisions, the preliminary documents for the General Meeting are
made available to the shareholders, on the General Meeting section
of the Company’s website at the following link:
www.investors.worldline.com/en/general-meeting-of-shareholders.
The corresponding notice of meeting that
contains the agenda and the draft text of the resolutions due to be
submitted to a shareholder vote was published in the Bulletin des
Annonces Légales Obligatoires of April 14, 2021 n° 45
(www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/balo/annonce/202104142100865-45). The
terms and conditions to participate and vote to this General
Shareholders’ Meeting are detailed in this notice of meeting.
Shareholders are invited to regularly consult
the General Meeting section of the Company’s website at the
following link:
www.investors.worldline.com/en/general-meeting-of-shareholders .
This page will be updated regularly to provide the latest
information in respect with the 2021 Combined General Meeting,
including regarding the arrangements and the draft resolutions.
The shareholders can request a copy of the
documents and information concerning the Combined General Meeting
as provided for by Article R.225-83 of the French Commercial Code.
According to the provisions of Article 3 of Order n°2020-321 dated
March 25, 2020, such communication can regularly be effected by
electronic means, provided that the shareholder indicates in
his/her request the electronic address at which it can be made.
Shareholders are thus encouraged to communicate their electronic
address at the time of any request.
Please contact the Investors Relations
Department should you have any questions.
INVESTOR RELATIONS
Laurent Marie+33 7 84 50 18
90laurent.marie@worldline.com
Benoit d'Amécourt+33 6 75 51 41
47benoit.damecourt@worldline.com
ABOUT WORLDLINE
Worldline [Euronext: WLN] is the European leader
in the payments and transactional services industry and #4 player
worldwide. With its global reach and its commitment to innovation,
Worldline is the technology partner of choice for merchants, banks
and third-party acquirers as well as public transport operators,
government agencies and industrial companies in all sectors.
Powered by over 20,000 employees in more than 50 countries,
Worldline provides its clients with sustainable, trusted and secure
solutions across the payment value chain, fostering their business
growth wherever they are. Services offered by Worldline in the
areas of Merchant Services; Terminals, Solutions & Services;
Financial Services and Mobility & e-Transactional Services
include domestic and cross-border commercial acquiring, both
in-store and online, highly-secure payment transaction processing,
a broad portfolio of payment terminals as well as e-ticketing and
digital services in the industrial environment. In 2020 Worldline
generated a proforma revenue of 4.8 billion euros.
worldline.com
Worldline’s corporate purpose (“raison d’être”)
is to design and operate leading digital payment and transactional
solutions that enable sustainable economic growth and reinforce
trust and security in our societies. Worldline makes them
environmentally friendly, widely accessible, and supports social
transformation.
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