Annual report 2001 - GL events

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General Information regarding
Générale Location and its share capital
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General information
regarding Générale Location
Share capital
Corporate name and registered office : GENERALE LOCATION
Route d’Irigny – Zone Industrielle – 69530 BRIGNAIS
Nationality : French
Legal form : Corporation under French law.
Trade registration number : 351 571 757 RCS LYON – Code APE : 741 J
Activity :
The company’s objects are :
The acquisition of interest in all established or future
firms, companies, trade associations, (G.I.E.), whether
French or foreign, by all means, in particular, by
contribution, subscription or purchase of shares or shares
in partnership, merger, etc.
All financial, personal and real estate transactions which
may be directly or indirectly related to the corporate
purpose and all similar or related objects;
All administrative, advisory and other services and
research and development activities;
The organization, communication, management, general
installation and fittings of exhibitions, shows, fairs,
public or private events, whether national or
international, training;
The design, manufacture, rental, installation and fittings
of stands, floor coverings, floral decoration, decoration
of all premises and of exhibitions, signage, museum
fittings, stage design, furniture, furnishings equipment
and accessories, power supply, lighting systems,
illuminated signs, heating, air-conditioning, sound
system, filming and broadcasting of film, and of high
power video projection on all media, video walls –
multimedia, temporary structures, grandstands,
exhibition equipment, and more generally all products,
processes and companies, related to these events as well
as their advertising and promotion in any form
whatsoever.
It may act directly or indirectly and carry out all these
operations on its own behalf or on behalf of third parties
and either alone, in a joint venture, partnership or
grouping or companies with any other persons or
companies and carry them out in any form whatsoever.
It may also take all interests and holdings all companies
and businesses, regardless of their corporate objects.
Financial year
Each year covers a period of twelve months from 1 January to 31 December.
Annual Meetings (articles 22 and 23 of the statutes)
The Board of Directors shall convene Shareholders‘
Meetings. If it fails to do so, the Statutory Auditors or any
other person legally authorized for this purpose may call
these meetings.
Notably one or several shareholders, representing at least
the required share of the authorized capital and acting in
accordance with the conditions and within the time limits
defined by law, may request by registered mail with
acknowledgement of receipt, that draft resolutions be
entered on the meeting agenda.
The procedures and time limits for issuing notices of
meeting are governed by law. The notice to attend must
indicate the place of meeting which may be the registered
office, or any other place, as well as list the meeting
agenda.
All shareholders have the right to attend the General
Meetings and to take part in decisions in person or by
proxy, regardless the number of shares owned, upon
simple proof of identity, as long as due payments on their
securities have been paid in full and that they have been
registered in account in their name at least five days
before the date of the meeting.
All shareholders may vote by mail using a form which they
can request to have sent to them according to the
conditions specified in the notice to attend the General
Meeting.
A shareholder may also be represented in accordance with
the conditions established by the current regulation,
provided that the proxy is himself a shareholder. He can
also be represented by his spouse.
The right to attend Meetings or to be represented is
subject to either the registration of the shareholder with
shares being recorded in the company’s registry, or to the
deposit at the place indicated in the notice to attend of
certificates delivered by authorized intermediaries
testifying to the unavailability until the date of the