Press release
Cie du Bois Sauvage: Important notice concerning the Ordinary General Meeting of 22/04/2020
Regulated Information
Important notice concerning the holding of the Annual General Meeting of 22 April 2020
Following the containment and social distancing measures imposed by the spread of the Covid 19 corona virus, Royal Decree No. 4 of 9 April 2020 allows, among other things, the continuation of general meetings, but in a manner compatible with the measures taken in response to the pandemic, while allowing shareholders to ask questions and exercise their voting rights.
In accordance with this Royal Decree, the Board of Directors of the company has decided to modify the terms and conditions for the holding of its Ordinary General Meeting of 22 April 2020 as follows:
- The ordinary general meeting of Compagnie du Bois Sauvage is maintained at 10.30 am on 22 April 2020. It will be held behind closed doors according to modalities compatible with the measures taken in response to the Covid-19 pandemic (Art 6 §2 AR).
- The registration formalities remain identical to those published by the company in its press release of 20 March 2020.
- Shareholders will be able to ask questions in writing only by electronic means at the following address: info@bois-sauvage.be . They must reach this e-mail address no later than April 16, 2020 before 2:00 p.m. Written answers will be published on the company's website under the heading “Autres documents” on the page “https://www.bois-sauvage.be/societe/assemblees-generales/” in French or the heading “Andere documenten” on the page https://www.bois-sauvage.be/nl/vennootschap/algemene-vergaderingen/ in Dutch, before voting on the various items on the agenda of the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting of April 22, 2020.
- Shareholders will be able to exercise their voting rights only by written proxy. Proxy and voting instruction forms have been available since March 20, 2020 on the Company's website (www.bois-sauvage.be) under the heading “Convocations et annexes” on the page “https://www.bois-sauvage.be/societe/assemblees-generales/” in French and under the heading “Bijeenroeping en annexen” on the page https://www.bois-sauvage.be/nl/vennootschap/algemene-vergaderingen/ in Dutch. Shareholders who have not yet sent their proxies and voting instructions, are requested to do so by e-mail: info@bois-sauvage.beat the latest on April 16, 2020 before 2 p.m. or possibly by mail to Compagnie du Bois Sauvage, 17 rue du Bois Sauvage, 1000 Brussels (Belgium) . Only proxies dated and signed with the handwritten mention "good for proxy" will be valid.
The Board of Directors thanks the shareholders of the company for their understanding and assures them that it will always attach the greatest importance to the respect of their rights.
This press release has been translated into English.
In the event of divergence, the French version shall be final.