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| GROUPE EUROTUNNEL SA (Paris : GET) | |
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| Presenter / Corporate name | Groupe Eurotunnel SA |
| | Soci�t� Anonyme |
| | RCS Paris 483 385 142 |
| | 19 boulevard Malesherbes |
| | 75008 Paris |
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| Number of shares in issue (1) | 317,391,548 ordinary shares |
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| Number of voting rights * | 12,706,974,160 |
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| Date | 31 August 2009 |
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The total number of voting rights attached to the 317,391,548
ordinary shares is 12,706,974,160 voting rights*, the following being
deducted:
- 666,073,880 voting rights corresponding (i) to 16,412,608
shares held by GET SA, (ii) to 239,239 shares held as at 31st August
2009 through Exane BNP Paribs under the liquidity agreement and for
which voting rights are withheld in accordance with article L.
225-210 of the French Commercial Code;
- 58,520 voting rights attached to 1,463 shares held by the
subsidiaries of GET SA which cannot be exercised in general meeting
in accordance with article L. 233-31 of the French Commercial Code.
* * * *
(1) The share capital is set at an amount of one hundred twenty six
million nine hundred and fifty six thousand six hundred and nineteen
euros and twenty one cent (�126,956,619.21). The share capital is
divided into 317,391,548 ordinary shares of a nominal value of �0.40
each (A Shares), fully paid up and one B preference share, fully paid
up of a nominal value of �0.01 (B Share).
(2) In accordance with article 27-8� of the Company's constitutional
document, "Each member has the same number of votes as the number of
shares in the Company that he holds and represents, whether in his
name or by proxy, without limit. Until the expiry of a two-year
period starting on 12th November 2007, being the start of the
consolidation operations as stated in the Consolidation Notice
published by the Company in the "Bulletin des Annonces L�gales
Obligatoires" in accordance with the resolution adopted by the
Extraordinary General Meeting of 20th June 2007, any A Share which
has not been consolidated will result in its holder having one (1)
vote and any consolidated A Share in forty (40) votes, so that the
number of votes attached to the Company's A Shares is proportional to
the part of the capital represented by it".
(3) A double voting right is set out under Article 11 of the
Company's constitutional document "As from the date of admission of
the Company's shares to trading on a regulated market, a voting right
double that which is conferred on other A Shares, by reference to the
fraction of share capital they represent, is attributed, under the
conditions provided by applicable law and regulations, to all fully
paid-up A Shares which can be shown to have been held by the same
shareholder in registered form for two years (such two year period
running from the date of admission of the Company's shares to trading
on a regulated market)."
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