2007 Interactive Registration Document - Renault

5.1.2.2 GENERAL MEETINGS
OF SHAREHOLDERS
General Meetings are convened in accordance with legal and regulatory
provisions. The meetings are open to all shareholders who have registered
their shares under their own name at least three clear days before the meeting.
The right to attend the meeting is evidenced by a book entry in the name of the
shareholder or the registered intermediary acting on his or her behalf, pursuant
to Article L. 228-1 of the French Commercial Code. The entry must be made
by midnight (zero hours) CET on the third business day before the G eneral
M eeting, either in the registered share account kept by the company or in the
bearer share accounts held by an authorized intermediary. Registration or book
entry of bearer shares in the accounts held by the authorized intermediary is
evidenced by an attendance certifi cate issued by said intermediary.
5.1.2.3 SHARES AND VOTING RIGHTS
Shares are registered in an account according to the provisions and terms
established by law. Fully paid-up shares are in either registered or bearer form,
at the discretion of their owner. However, shares that are not fully paid-up must
be in registered form.
Shares entitle the holder to vote, within the limits of French regulations.
5.1.2.4 IDENTIFIABLE BEARER SHARES
The company is authorized to make use of the appropriate legal provisions for
identifying shareholders having immediate or future voting rights in its own
shareholders’ meetings.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
5.1.2.5 SHAREHOLDING DISCLOSURE
In addition to the legal requirement that shareholders inform the company if they
hold certain percentages of its share capital or voting rights, every shareholder
or fund management company that comes into possession of a number of
shares greater than 2% of the share capital or voting rights, or a multiple of this
percentage less than or equal to 5% of the share capital or voting rights, shall
inform the company of the total number of shares held. That disclosure shall
be made by registered letter with return-receipt within a time period set forth
in a Conseil d’Etat decree, starting from the date of registration of the shares
that took the shareholder’s interest up to or beyond the threshold. In excess of
5%, the aforementioned disclosure requirement applies to 1% fractions of the
share capital or voting rights. For the purposes of determining the thresholds
described above, indirectly held shares or equity equivalents held as defi ned
by the provisions of Article L. 233-7 of the Commercial Code will also be taken
into account. The declarer must certify that the said declaration includes all
shares held or owned within the meaning of the preceding paragraph, and
must indicate the acquisition date (s). The disclosure requirement applies in the
same manner if the holding falls below any of the aforementioned thresholds,
2% or 1% as applicable.
If the conditions described above are not respected, any shares exceeding
the fraction that should have been declared are stripped of voting rights
for all shareholders’ meetings for a period of two years after the required
disclosures are made, insofar as this is requested at the meeting by one or
more shareholders who together hold at least 1% of share capital.
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