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Euronext: Convening of Annual General Meeting

Regulatory News:

Euronext (Paris:ENX) (Amsterdam:ENX) (Brussels:ENX) today announced that its Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Friday 19 May 2017 at 10.30am CET, at Beursplein 5, 1012 JW Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

1. Opening

2. Presentation of the Chief Executive Officer (discussion item)

3. Annual report 2016

a. Explanation of the implementation of the remuneration policy (discussion item)

b. Explanation of policy on additions to reserves and dividends (discussion item)

c. Proposal to adopt the 2016 financial statements (voting item 1)

d. Proposal to adopt a dividend of EUR 1.42 per ordinary share (voting item 2)

e. Proposal to discharge the members of the Managing Board in respect of their duties performed during the year 2016 (voting item 3)

f. Proposal to discharge the members of the Supervisory Board in respect of their duties performed during the year 2016 (voting item 4)

4. Composition of the Managing Board

a. Appointment of Paulo Rodrigues da Silva as a member of the Managing Board (voting item 5)

5. Proposal to appoint the external auditor (voting item 6)

6. Proposal to designate the Managing Board as the competent body:

a. to issue ordinary shares (voting item 7); and

b. to restrict or exclude the pre-emptive rights of shareholders (voting item 8)

7. Proposal to authorise the Managing Board to acquire ordinary shares in the share capital of the company on behalf of the company (voting item 9)

8. Any other business

9. Close

The AGM will be conducted in English.

Registration date

Pursuant to Dutch law and Euronext N.V.’s Articles of Association, the persons who will be considered as entitled to attend and vote at the AGM are those persons who are registered as such in the administrations held by their financial intermediaries (the "Shareholders") on Friday 21 April 2017, after processing of all settlements on that date (the “Registration Date”).

Registration

Shareholders holding their shares through Euroclear France S.A. (i.e. the public) who wish to attend the AGM, provide instructions or grant a power of attorney to vote on their behalf, must complete the form (voting form / attendance card request) provided for this purpose by their financial intermediary or by Euronext Securities Department – BNP PARIBAS Securities Services. The Shareholders should be aware that these documents must be received, no later than Friday 12 May 2017 by their financial intermediary for receipt no later than Monday 15 May 2017 by BNP Paribas Securities Service CTS Assemblées Générales, 9 rue du Débarcadère 93761 Pantin Cedex, France. The financial intermediary should deliver to the Shareholder a certificate of holding containing: name and city of residence of the Shareholder; number of shares; name and city of residence of the attendee (if different from the Shareholder) and declaration that the shares were in custody with the Euroclear France admitted institution on the Registration Date. This certificate will serve as the admission certificate for the AGM for the Shareholder.

Shareholders holding their shares through Interbolsa in Portugal who wish to attend the AGM, provide instructions or grant a power of attorney to vote on their behalf, must complete the form (voting form / attendance card request) provided for this purpose by Euronext Securities Department – BNP PARIBAS Securities Services. The Shareholders should be aware that these documents must be received, no later than Friday 12 May 2017 by their financial intermediary for receipt no later than Monday 15 May 2017 by BNP Paribas Securities Services, PT Local Team, Edificio ART’S – Av. D. Joao II – Lote 1.18.01, Bloco B, 1998-028 Lisboa, Portugal. The financial intermediary should deliver to the Shareholder a certificate of holding containing: name and city of residence of the Shareholder; number of shares on the Registration Date; name and city of residence of the attendee (if different from the Shareholder). This certificate will serve as admission certificate for the AGM for the Shareholder.

We advise Shareholders to make contact with their financial intermediary for any questions.

Persons without a valid admission certificate will not be given access to the meeting. Attendants may be asked for identification prior to being admitted.

At the time of the publication of this convening notice, Euronext’s total issued share capital in number of issued shares and in voting rights is published on Euronext’s website:
https://www.euronext.com/investors/share/capital-shareholding

AGM Documentation

The AGM Documentation (i.e. this convening notice, the agenda and the explanatory notes thereto including the information on the person to be appointed to the Managing Board in accordance with clause 3.4.2 of the Dutch Corporate Governance Code, as well as the Annual Report 2016) is available:

  • at the registered office of Euronext N.V.: Beursplein 5, 1012 JW Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • at the following addresses :

– in Belgium: Euronext, Rue du Marquis, 1, bte 1 / Markiesstraat 1, b1, 1000 Bruxelles / 1000 Brussel, Belgium

– in France: Euronext, 14, place des Reflets, 92054 Paris La Défense Cedex, France

– in Portugal: Euronext, Av. da Liberdade, n.º 196 - 7º, 1250-147 Lisboa, Portugal

– in the United Kingdom: Euronext, Juxon House, 100 St Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8BU, United Kingdom

Managing Board and Supervisory Board of Euronext N.V.
Beursplein 5, 1012 JW Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Registered at the Dutch Chamber of Commerce, under number 60234520

About Euronext
Euronext is the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone with nearly 1,300 listed issuers worth close to €3.3 trillion in market capitalisation as of end December 2016, an unmatched blue chip franchise consisting of 25 issuers in the EURO STOXX 50® benchmark and a strong diverse domestic and international client base.
Euronext operates regulated and transparent equity and derivatives markets. Its total product offering includes Equities, Exchange Traded Funds, Warrants & Certificates, Bonds, Derivatives, Commodities and Indices. Euronext also leverages its expertise in running markets by providing technology and managed services to third parties. Euronext operates regulated markets, Alternext and the Free Market; in addition it offers EnterNext, which facilitates SMEs’ access to capital markets.
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