GET 2009/35
8 October 2009
Information relating to the total number of shares and voting rights
which form the share capital (Article L.233-8 II of the French
Commercial Code and article 233-16 of the AMF General Regulations)
GROUPE EUROTUNNEL SA (Paris : GET)
Presenter / Corporate name Groupe Eurotunnel SA
Soci�t� Anonyme
RCS Paris 483 385 142
19 boulevard Malesherbes
75008 Paris
Number of shares in issue (1) 406,281,851 ordinary shares
Number of voting rights * 16,267,928,560
Date 30 September 2009
The total number of voting rights attached to the 406,281,851
ordinary shares is 16,267,928,560 voting rights*, the following being
deducted:
- 565,332,480 voting rights corresponding (i) to 14,012,608 shares
held by GET SA, (ii) to 120,704 shares held as at 30th September 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 sixty two
million five hundred and twelve thousand seven hundred and forty
euros and forty one cent (�162,512,740.41). The share capital is
divided into 406.281.851 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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