Annual report 2001 - GL events
Annual report 2001 - GL events
Annual report 2001 - GL events
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2<br />
General Information regarding<br />
Générale Location and its share capital<br />
2-1<br />
General information<br />
regarding Générale Location<br />
Share capital<br />
Corporate name and registered office : GENERALE LOCATION<br />
Route d’Irigny – Zone Industrielle – 69530 BRIGNAIS<br />
Nationality : French<br />
Legal form : Corporation under French law.<br />
Trade registration number : 351 571 757 RCS LYON – Code APE : 741 J<br />
Activity :<br />
The company’s objects are :<br />
The acquisition of interest in all established or future<br />
firms, companies, trade associations, (G.I.E.), whether<br />
French or foreign, by all means, in particular, by<br />
contribution, subscription or purchase of shares or shares<br />
in partnership, merger, etc.<br />
All financial, personal and real estate transactions which<br />
may be directly or indirectly related to the corporate<br />
purpose and all similar or related objects;<br />
All administrative, advisory and other services and<br />
research and development activities;<br />
The organization, communication, management, general<br />
installation and fittings of exhibitions, shows, fairs,<br />
public or private <strong>events</strong>, whether national or<br />
international, training;<br />
The design, manufacture, rental, installation and fittings<br />
of stands, floor coverings, floral decoration, decoration<br />
of all premises and of exhibitions, signage, museum<br />
fittings, stage design, furniture, furnishings equipment<br />
and accessories, power supply, lighting systems,<br />
illuminated signs, heating, air-conditioning, sound<br />
system, filming and broadcasting of film, and of high<br />
power video projection on all media, video walls –<br />
multimedia, temporary structures, grandstands,<br />
exhibition equipment, and more generally all products,<br />
processes and companies, related to these <strong>events</strong> as well<br />
as their advertising and promotion in any form<br />
whatsoever.<br />
It may act directly or indirectly and carry out all these<br />
operations on its own behalf or on behalf of third parties<br />
and either alone, in a joint venture, partnership or<br />
grouping or companies with any other persons or<br />
companies and carry them out in any form whatsoever.<br />
It may also take all interests and holdings all companies<br />
and businesses, regardless of their corporate objects.<br />
Financial year<br />
Each year covers a period of twelve months from 1 January to 31 December.<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> Meetings (articles 22 and 23 of the statutes)<br />
The Board of Directors shall convene Shareholders‘<br />
Meetings. If it fails to do so, the Statutory Auditors or any<br />
other person legally authorized for this purpose may call<br />
these meetings.<br />
Notably one or several shareholders, representing at least<br />
the required share of the authorized capital and acting in<br />
accordance with the conditions and within the time limits<br />
defined by law, may request by registered mail with<br />
acknowledgement of receipt, that draft resolutions be<br />
entered on the meeting agenda.<br />
The procedures and time limits for issuing notices of<br />
meeting are governed by law. The notice to attend must<br />
indicate the place of meeting which may be the registered<br />
office, or any other place, as well as list the meeting<br />
agenda.<br />
All shareholders have the right to attend the General<br />
Meetings and to take part in decisions in person or by<br />
proxy, regardless the number of shares owned, upon<br />
simple proof of identity, as long as due payments on their<br />
securities have been paid in full and that they have been<br />
registered in account in their name at least five days<br />
before the date of the meeting.<br />
All shareholders may vote by mail using a form which they<br />
can request to have sent to them according to the<br />
conditions specified in the notice to attend the General<br />
Meeting.<br />
A shareholder may also be represented in accordance with<br />
the conditions established by the current regulation,<br />
provided that the proxy is himself a shareholder. He can<br />
also be represented by his spouse.<br />
The right to attend Meetings or to be represented is<br />
subject to either the registration of the shareholder with<br />
shares being recorded in the company’s registry, or to the<br />
deposit at the place indicated in the notice to attend of<br />
certificates delivered by authorized intermediaries<br />
testifying to the unavailability until the date of the