Wendel informs its shareholders that the Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Annual General Meeting to be held on June 4, 2012 at 3.30 PM at the Palais Brongniart (Place de la Bourse, 75002 Paris).
The notice of meeting, being worth convening notice, is published today in the Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires (www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/balo). It includes notably the agenda, projects of resolutions which will be presented to the Assembly and the main terms governing attending and voting. It is also available on the Wendel website: wendelgroup.com, in the "Shareholder's portal", directly accessible on the homepage.
Shareholders will be asked to approve a dividend consisting of €1.30 per share, with ex-dividend date on June 7, 2012 and dividend payment date on June 12, 2012, plus one Legrand share for every 50 Wendel shares held.
Other documents and information concerning this meeting will be available to shareholders and also published on the Wendel website from May 14, 2012, under legal and regulatory conditions.
About Wendel
Wendel is one of Europe's leading listed investment firms. The Group invests in France and abroad, in companies that are leaders in their businesses: Bureau Veritas, Legrand, Saint-Gobain, Materis and Stahl. Wendel plays an active role as industry shareholder in these companies. It implements long-term development strategies, which involve boosting growth and margins of companies so as to enhance their leading market positions. Through Oranje-Nassau Développement, which brings together opportunities for investment in growth, diversification and innovation, Wendel also invests in Van Gansewinkel Groep in the Netherlands, exceet in Germany, and Mecatherm and Parcours in France.
Wendel is listed on Eurolist by Euronext Paris and is included in the Next 20 index.
Standard & Poor's rating: Long term: BB, stable outlook - Short term: B since April 11, 2012.
Wendel is the founding sponsor of the Centre Pompidou-Metz, which on September 23, 2011, welcomed about 1.2 million visitors since opening its doors in May 2010.
As a result of its commitment for a long time in the field of Culture, Wendel received the title of Major Partner of the French Ministry of Culture on March, 23th 2012.
Press contacts
Christine Anglade-Pirzadeh: +33 (0)1 42 85 63 24
c.angladepirzadeh@wendelgroup.com
Christèle Lion: +33 (0)1 42 85 91 27
c.lion@wendelgroup.com
Analyst/Investor contacts
Laurent Marie: +33 (0)1 42 85 91 31
l.marie@wendelgroup.com
Olivier Allot: +33 (0)1 42 85 63 73
o.allot@wendelgroup.com
