AIRBUS - 2019 Universal Registration Document

3 General Description of the Company and its Share Capital

4 Corporate Governance

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4.1

Management and Control

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4.1.1 Corporate Governance Arrangements 124 4.1.2 Dutch Corporate Governance Code, “Comply or Explain” 146 4.1.3 Enterprise Risk Management System 147 4.1.4 Internal Audit 149

3.1

General Description of the Company

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3.1.1 Commercial and Corporate Names, Seat and Registered Office

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3.1.2 Legal Form

3.1.3 Governing Laws and Disclosures

4.2

Interests of Directors and Principal Executive Officers

3.1.4 Date of Incorporation and Duration of the Company

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3.1.5 Objects of the Company

4.2.1 Remuneration Policy

3.1.6 Commercial and Companies Registry 3.1.7 Inspection of Corporate Documents

4.2.2 Long-Term Incentives Granted to the Chief Executive Officer

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3.1.8 Financial Year

4.2.3 Related Party Transactions

3.1.9 Allocation and Distribution of Income

3.1.10 General Meetings 3.1.11 Disclosure of Holdings 3.1.12 Mandatory Disposal 3.1.13 Mandatory Offers

4.3 Employee Success Sharing and Incentive Plans 4.3.1 Employee Success Sharing and Incentive Agreements

4.3.2 Employee Share Ownership Plans

4.3.3 Long-Term Incentive Plans

3.2

General Description of the Share Capital

3.2.1 Issued Share Capital 3.2.2 Authorised Share Capital

5 General Information

3.2.3 Modification of Share Capital or Rights Attached to the Shares 3.2.4 Securities Granting Access to the Company’s Share Capital

171

5.1

Entity Responsible for the Universal Registration Document Statement of the Entity Responsible for the Universal Registration Document

3.2.5 Changes in the Issued Share Capital

172

3.3

Shareholdings and Voting Rights

5.2

3.3.1 Shareholding Structure at the End of 2019 3.3.2 Relationships with Principal Shareholders

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3.3.3 Form of Shares

5.3

Information Policy

172

3.3.4 Changes in the Shareholding of the Company 3.3.5 Persons Exercising Control over the Company

5.4

Undertakings of the Company regarding Information

3.3.6 Simplified Group Structure Chart

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3.3.7 Purchase by the Company of its Own Shares

5.5

Significant Changes

173

3.4

Dividends

5.6

Statement on Approval

173

3.4.1 Dividends and Cash Distributions Paid 3.4.2 Dividend Policy of the Company

3.4.3 Unclaimed Dividends

3.4.4 Taxation

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Airbus / Annual Report – Registration Document 2019