EXEL industries - 2019 Universal Registration Document

Information on the c Company and its share capital 7 General information on EXEL Industries

General information on EXEL Industries

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Company name EXEL Industries

Location where documents and information relating to the Company may be consulted The Articles of Association, minutes of meetings and other corporate, legal or accounting documents may be consulted at the SA EXEL Industries main o ffi ce: in PARIS (75009) c – 52, c rue de la Victoire (in the Legal and Finance Departments), subject to the terms and times provided for by legislation in force concerning shareholders’ rights to information. Fiscal Year (Article c 24 of the Articles of c Association) The Company’s fi scal year begins on October c 1 of each year and ends on September c 30 of the following year.

Registered O ffi ce 54, rue Marcel Paul – 51200 EPERNAY France

Main o ffi ce 52, rue de la Victoire – 75009 PARIS

Legal form A French public limited company ( Société Anonyme ) with a Board of Directors. Amendment of the Articles of Association ( Statuts ) to comply with the provisions of Act c 2001-420 of May c 15, 2001 (New Economic Regulations Act) (see Articles c 13, 18, 19, 20 and 21 of the Articles of Association).

O ffi cers of the Board (Article c 16 of the Articles of Association)

“ […] 16.2. The Chairman may be appointed for his or her full term as a director, provided that the Board reserves the right to remove him or her from the chairmanship and that he or she has the right to resign before the term expires. The Chairman is deemed to have resigned immediately following the Annual Ordinary General Meeting called to approve the fi nancial statements for the fi scal year in which the Chairman reaches eighty years of age.”

Nationality French

Date of Incorporation August c 4, 1952

Deliberations of the Board of Directors (Article c 17 of the Articles of Association)

Duration Ninety-nine (99) c years e ff ective from its date of entry in the Trade and Companies Register ( Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés ) or until August c 3, 2051 barring early liquidation or extension.

“17.1. Board members are called to Board meetings by all available means (including electronic messaging, remote transmission, videoconferencing, etc.) and including orally. All directors may attend, participate and vote in Board meetings through videoconferencing and telecommunications means under conditions provided for by regulations in force at that time. A record of attendance is maintained, which is signed by the Board members participating in the Board meeting. […]” Annual General Meetings (Article c 23 of c the c Articles of Association) “Shareholders’ Meetings are called and conduct proceedings according to procedures defined by statutes and applicable regulations. They are to be held at the registered o ffi ce or at any other venue indicated in the notice of meeting. The General Meeting is chaired by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or by the director temporarily appointed for this purpose or, barring this, by a Vice Chairman. If the Chairman, the director temporarily appointed for that purpose or the Vice Chairmen are absent at the same time, the meeting is then chaired by the director designated by the Board or, barring this, a person selected by the meeting. Proceedings of the meeting are recorded in minutes signed by the o ffi cers of the meeting.

Corporate purpose (Article c 3 of the Articles of c Association)

“The Company’s corporate purpose is to, in France and in any other country, directly or indirectly, conduct research, manufacture and market equipment, materials and services used mainly for industrial or consumer agriculture, as well as any commercial, industrial, fi nancial, securities or real estate transactions relating directly or indirectly to the purposes stated above or any similar and related activities contributing thereto and that directly or indirectly contribute to the Company’s continuing operations and development”. Trade and Company Registers For the Registered O ffi ce RCS REIMS B 095 550 356 For the principal o ffi ce RCS Paris B 095 550 356 APE business identi fi er code (registered o ffi ce): 2830Z APE business identi fi er code (main place of business): 7010Z

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