Danone

Convening to Combined Shareholders’ Meeting of April 29, 2021

Press Release – Paris, April 7, 2021

             
Convening to Combined Shareholders’ Meeting of April 29, 2021

Danone Combined Shareholders’ Meeting is convened on Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. (Paris time), at the headquarters – 17 boulevard Haussmann, 75009 Paris. In the context of the Covid-19 health crisis, this Shareholders’ Meeting will be held exceptionally behind closed doors.

The preliminary notice of meeting was published in the French Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires (BALO) of March 22, 2021 and was followed by a complementary notice published in the BALO of March 31, 2021. The notice of meeting was published in the BALO of April 7, 2021.

An additional item (without resolution submitted to the shareholders’ vote) has been included on the agenda of the Shareholders’ meeting following a request from several shareholders. This additional item and the arguments of the shareholders requesting the inclusion of this item on the agenda, as well as the comments of the Board of Directors, are included in an addendum to the notice of meeting published today on Danone's website at the following address:
https://www.danone.com/fr/investor-relations/shareholders/shareholders ....

Special procedures for the holding of the Shareholders’ Meeting
Pursuant to French Order No. 2020-321 of March 25, 2020 and Decree No. 2020-418 of April 10, 2020, as extended by Decree No. 2021-255 of March 9, 2021, the Shareholders’ Meeting of April 29, 2021 will be held exceptionally behind closed doors, without shareholders and any persons entitled to attend being physically present.

Shareholders are informed that, in accordance with the applicable legal and regulatory provisions, Amundi Asset Management and the FCPE “Fonds Danone”, shareholders of the Company, will serve as scrutineers for the Shareholders’ Meeting.

The Shareholders’ Meeting will be webcast live and recorded for later viewing, in French and English, on Danone's website at the following address:
https://www.danone.com/investor-relations/shareholders/shareholders-me ....

Information of the shareholders
Information relating to this meeting may be consulted on Danone’s website:
https://www.danone.com/investor-relations/shareholders/shareholders-me ....  
In particular, the notice of meeting including the agenda, the draft resolutions submitted to the Shareholders’ Meeting and the report of the Board of Directors on these resolutions, may be consulted on this page.