QUADIENT // 2021 Universal Registration Document

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT Practical information for attending the General Meeting

for direct registered shareholders: by sending an email with an electronic signature obtained from an accredited certification service provider to: ct-mandataires-assemblees@caceis.com, indicating their full name, address and CACEIS Corporate Trust ID for direct registered share (information printed in the top left-hand corner of share account statements), or indicate their ID with their bank or broker if the case administered registered shares, as well as the full name of the designated proxy holder or the person from whom the proxy is being withdrawn; for bearer shareholders: by sending an email with an electronic signature obtained from an accredited certification service provider to: ct-mandataires-assemblees@caceis.com, indicating their full name, address and full bank details, and the full name of the designated proxy holder or the person from whom the proxy is being withdrawn, and by asking their bank or broker managing the share account to send a written confirmation (by letter) to CACEIS Corporate Trust – Service Assemblée Générale – 12, Place des Etats-Unis, CS 40083, 92549 Montrouge cedex (or by fax to +33 (0) 1.49.08.05.82). Only duly completed and signed notifications received three days prior to the General Meeting at the latest will be taken into account. In addition, only the aforementioned email address may be used to send notifications to appoint or withdraw proxies; requests or notifications concerning other matters will not be taken into account and/or processed. Shareholders who have cast a postal vote, appointed a proxy or requested an admission card or share ownership certificate may still sell all or some of their shares at any time. However, if the sale takes place more than two business days prior to the General Meeting, namely June 14, 2022, 00:00, Paris time, the Company will take the appropriate measures to cancel or amend the related postal vote, proxy, admission card or share ownership certificate. The shareholder’s bank or authorized intermediary must therefore notify the Company or its registrar of any such sale and provide it with the necessary information. No sale or other transactions carried out after the second business day prior to the General Meeting, at 00:00, Paris time, irrespective of the method used, will be notified by the authorized intermediary or taken into account by the Company, notwithstanding any agreements to the contrary. Postal voting forms or proxy forms will be automatically sent by mail to the holders of direct or administered registered shares. Pursuant to the applicable laws and regulations, all documents that must be made available to shareholders for the purpose of this General Meeting, may be consulted,

within the legally prescribed time frames, at the Quadient S.A. head office and on the Company’s website https://invest.quadient.com/assemblees-generales or sent on written request to CACEIS Corporate Trust. Bearer shareholders should request a postal/proxy voting form by way of a letter, which must be received by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt by CACEIS Corporate Trust – Service Assemblée Générale – 12, Place des Etats-Unis, CS 40083, 92549 Montrouge cedex at least six days prior to the General Meeting. In order for postal votes to be taken into account, the completed and duly signed postal voting forms must be sent to CACEIS Corporate Trust – Service Assemblée Générale – 12, Place des Etats-Unis, CS 40083, 92549 Montrouge cedex at least three days prior to the General Meeting. Shareholders who have cast a postal vote, appointed a proxy or requested an admission card or share ownership certificate will not be able to participate in the General Meeting in any other way, unless the articles of association provide otherwise. Shareholders may submit written questions to the Company as from the publication date of this Notice. Any such questions must be sent to the Company’s head office by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt by the fourth business day prior to the date of the General Meeting. A share registration certificate must be attached to the letter. The Board of directors is required to reply to these questions during the General Meeting and a joint response can be given to questions that have the same content. Answers to the questions will be posted on the Company’s website at the following address: https://invest.quadient.com/assemblees-generales. Shareholders that meet applicable legal conditions may submit items or draft resolutions for the agenda of the General Meeting by sending a request by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt, to be received at least 25 calendar days prior to the date of the General Meeting. A share registration certificate must be sent with any such request, evidencing that the applicant holds or represents at least 5 of the Company’s capital. Any draft resolutions proposed by shareholders, as well as a list of any items that have been included in the agenda of the General Meeting further to a shareholder’s request, will be published on the Company’s website: https://invest.quadient.com/assemblees-generales In addition, review by the General Meeting of any items or draft resolutions submitted is conditional on the relevant parties providing, on the second business day prior to the date of the General Meeting, no later than 00:00, Paris time, a new certificate evidencing that their shares are registered in accordance with the requirements specified above.

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UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2021

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