LEGRAND_REGISTRATION_DOCUMENT_2017

09

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Memorandum and Articles of Association

owner to any rights over the Company. In this case, shareholders take personal responsibility for purchasing, selling or assembling the number of shares or voting rights required.

The Company monitors the breakdown of its shareholders in the manner provided for by law. In this respect, the Company may avail itself of all legal provisions providing for the identification of the holders of shares conferring immediate or future voting rights at General Meeting of Shareholders.

9.3.4 – Amendment of the rights attached to shares

Where the Company’s Article of Association do not specifically provide otherwise, any amendment of the rights attached to shares is subject to the provisions of applicable law.

9.3.5 – Shareholders’ General Meetings

R PARTICIPATION AT GENERAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

R CONVENING GENERAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

Subject to legal and regulatory restrictions, any shareholder has the right to attend General Meetings of Shareholders and to participate in the deliberations, either personally or through a proxy, regardless of the number of shares held. The right to attend General Meetings of Shareholders, in any form whatsoever, is conditional upon the accounting registration or book-entry transfer in the name of the shareholder or the authorized intermediary registered on his or her behalf, in the manner and within the time limits provided for in current legislation. Any shareholder wishing to vote by post or by proxy must have filed a proxy voting form, postal voting form or equivalent single document at the registered office or at any other place indicated in the notice of meeting within the time limits and according to the conditions provided for in current legislation. The Board of Directors may, for any General Meeting, shorten this period by way of a general decision for the benefit of all shareholders. In the event of a decision to this effect by the Board of Directors, mentioned in the notice of meeting, shareholders may, subject to the conditions and time limits provided by law and regulations, send their proxy form and postal voting form by any means of telecommunication, including electronic means, that allow their identification and whose nature and conditions are determined by current legislation.

General Meetings are convened in accordance with the conditions laid down by law. Meetings are held at the registered office or at any other location in France or abroad, specified in the notice of meeting. R CONDUCT OF GENERAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS General Meetings are chaired by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or, in his or her absence, by the Vice-Chairman or by a Director specifically appointed for this purpose by the Board of Directors. Otherwise, the Meeting itself elects its Chairman. Any shareholdermay, if the Board of Directors allows them to do so in the notice of meeting, participate in a General Meeting via video conference or other electronic means of telecommunications or transmission, under the conditions determined by law or the regulations in force. Such shareholders are then deemed present for the calculation of the quorum and majority. An attendance sheet is kept for each meeting as required by law. R DELIBERATIONS AND POWERS OF GENERAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS TheOrdinaryandExtraordinaryGeneralMeetingsof Shareholders, voting with the quorum and majority conditions specified by the respective provisions that govern them, exercise the powers assigned to them in law.

292

REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2017 - LEGRAND