PERNOD-RICARD - Notice of meeting 2021
1. HOWTO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING?
Important notice – Health situation In the context of Covid-19 Pandemic, the Compagny may have to change the attendance procedures for the Shareholders' Meeting on 10 November 2021. Thus, it could be decided that the Shareholders' Meeting of 10 November 2021 will be held behind closed doors. We ask you to regularly check the Shareholders’ Meeting section on the website www.pernod-ricard.com, which will confirm the final arrangements for attending this Shareholders’ Meeting in accordance with health and/or legal requirements. The shareholders shall be respectful of the sanitary measures that may apply at the date of the Shareholders’ Meeting. The Company will make every effort to ensure that the social distancing measures are respected during the Shareholders’ Meeting but the Company will not incur any liability for any contamination of persons who decide, under their sole responsibility, to physically participate in the Shareholders’ Meeting. The Company has taken all measures to facilitate remote voting in order that shareholders can vote by remote means (postal vote or proxy) without physically participating in the Shareholders’ Meeting, using the voting form in the section dedicated to 2021 Shareholders’ Meetings on the Company’s website, www.pernod-ricard.com, Section – Investors - Regulatory Information – Annual General Meeting, or by Internet on the secure voting platform VOTACCESS. As part of the relationship between the Company and its shareholders, the Company strongly encourages shareholders to send all requests and documents by electronic means, to the following address: agpr2021@pernod-ricard.com .
What are the requirements for participating in the Shareholders’ Meeting? All shareholders, regardless of the number of shares they hold, may participate in the Shareholders’ Meeting. To do so, they must provide evidence of their status as shareholders and their shares must be recorded in their name, in registered or bearer form, two business days prior to the Shareholders’ Meeting, i.e. by Monday 8 November 2021, at 00:00 (Paris time) (hereinafter “D-2” ): for REGISTERED shareholders , registration of their shares in the Company’s registers by D-2 is sufficient; You have four options:
attend the Shareholders’ Meeting in person; or give a proxy to the Chairman of the Shareholders’ Meeting; or give a proxy to any person of your choice; or vote by post or via the Internet. In all cases, shareholders must either: fill out the attached form (see “How to fill out the voting form”) and return it using the prepaid envelope enclosed; or log on to the secure dedicated websites and follow the procedure described hereafter for Internet voting. Shareholders who have already voted by post or via the Internet, sent in a proxy form or applied for an admission card may not subsequently choose another method of participation. However, they may sell some or all of their shares.
for shareholders holding BEARER shares , the authorised intermediaries who hold the bearer share accounts must confirm the status of their clients as shareholders to the centralising bank for the Shareholders’ Meeting by providing a certificate of shareholding appended to the single voting/proxy/admission request form. However, if a holder of bearer shares wishes to attend the Shareholders’ Meeting in person and has not received his or her admission card by 5 November 2021 (1) , he or she may ask the financial intermediary to provide a certificate of shareholding, confirming his or her status as a shareholder as at D-2 so that he or she may attend the Meeting.
If you have requested an admission card and have not received it by 5 November 2021, please contact the dedicated Société Générale call center on (1) +33 (0) 2 51 85 59 82 (international rates in caller’s country apply) from Monday to Friday, between 9:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. (Paris time).
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NOTICE OF MEETING 2021
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