Carrefour - 2017 Registration Document

7 INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY Information about the Company CARREFOUR | 2017 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 323 Shareholders’ Meetings (Articles 20 to 23) 7.1.4.6 All shareholders are entitled to attend Shareholders’ Meetings in person or by proxy, upon presentation of identification and evidence of share ownership, in the form and at the place indicated in the Notice of Meeting, in accordance with the conditions set forth under applicable laws and regulations. Every shareholder has the right to participate in Shareholders’ Meetings by way of a proxy granted to any other person or legal entity of his or her choice, and may also vote by post, subject to the conditions set forth under applicable laws and regulations. Any shareholder may, if the Board of Directors so decides when convening the Shareholders’ Meeting, also participate in and vote at Shareholders’ Meetings via videoconference or any other means of telecommunication (including the Internet) that enables him/her to be identified under the conditions and according to the procedures laid down by the laws in force. Shareholders are notified of such a decision in the Notice of Meeting published in the French bulletin of compulsory legal notices (Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires). Those shareholders who use, for this purpose and within the required periods, the electronic voting form provided on the website set up by the Shareholders’ Meeting organiser are considered to be shareholders present or represented. The electronic form may be completed and signed directly on this site using a login and password, as provided for in the first sentence of the second paragraph of Article 1316-4 of the French civil code (Code civil). The proxy or vote thus cast electronically prior to the Shareholders’ Meeting, as well as the acknowledgement of receipt provided, will be considered binding documents that are enforceable against all persons, it being specified that, in the event of a transfer of shares occurring prior to the date set forth under the applicable laws and regulations, the Company will invalidate or modify accordingly, depending on the situation, the proxy or vote cast prior to said date. Shareholders’ Meetings are convened by the Board of Directors under the conditions and within the time limits prescribed by law. They are held at the head office or in any other place indicated in the Notice of Meeting. The Shareholders’ Meeting is chaired by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or, in his/her absence, by the Vice-Chairman or a Director designated by the Board of Directors. Vote teller duties are fulfilled by the two shareholders, present and willing, who hold the greatest number of votes, either in their own name or by proxy. The Meeting Committee (“Bureau”) appoints a secretary, who does not need to be a member of the Shareholders’ Meeting. Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meetings voting under the conditions of quorum and majority prescribed by law exercise the powers assigned to them in accordance with the law. Provision of the issuer’s Articles of Association that would delay, postpone or 7.1.4.7 prevent a change in its control None.