ANNUAL REPORT 2011 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT - Saft
ANNUAL REPORT 2011 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT - Saft
ANNUAL REPORT 2011 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT - Saft
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9 Overview<br />
<strong>ANNUAL</strong> GENERAL MEETING<br />
of key resolutions<br />
9.1 OVERVIEW OF KEY RESOLUTIONS<br />
The Annual General Meeting is scheduled on 11 May 2012.<br />
During this meeting, in addition to resolutions on the approval<br />
of the parent company and Consolidated Financial Statements<br />
and related reports, the following main resolutions will be<br />
proposed to shareholders:<br />
� the distribution of an ordinary dividend of €0.72 per share;<br />
� the distribution of a special dividend of €1.00 per share.<br />
In terms of fi nancial authorities, given the current authorisations<br />
in force presented in section 8.6.8 “Authorisations in force” of<br />
this document, it will be proposed to shareholders:<br />
� to renew the authorisation for the Company to trade its own<br />
shares;<br />
� to issue a delegation of authority to the Management Board<br />
with the effect of increasing the share capital by issuing<br />
shares and/or securities giving immediate and/or future<br />
access to the capital of the Company, with maintenance of<br />
preferential subscription rights;<br />
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� to issue a delegation of authority to the Management<br />
Board with the effect of increasing the share capital by<br />
issuing shares and/or securities giving access to capital,<br />
with cancellation of preferential subscription rights of<br />
shareholders but with the obligation to give shareholders<br />
a right of priority.<br />
These request are intended to give the Company (i) the<br />
fl exibility to seize, if and when appropriate, and at the best<br />
possible conditions, any external growth opportunities and (ii)<br />
to renew, improve or increase its fi nancing.<br />
Finally, it will be proposed that shareholders approve the<br />
Statutory Auditors’ special report. This report describes<br />
related-parties agreements requiring Supervisory Board prior<br />
approval and describes their fi nancial impact during the last<br />
fi nancial year. This report is presented below.