EUROPACORP (EPA:ECP) - Report on the General Shareholders’ Meeting
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Press release
Report on the General Shareholders' Meeting
Saint-Denis, October 3, 2018 - EuropaCorp's ordinary and extraordinary General
Shareholders' Meeting was held in Saint-Denis on the 27th of September, 2018.
During this Assembly, only the resolution 17, whose heading can be found in the
appendix of this press release, was rejected. All the remaining resolutions
were adopted, notably the approval of the financial statements for FY
2017/2018. Details of each vote can be found in the appendix.
During this general meeting, Mr. Marillas, Deputy CEO, and Mr. Teyssot, CFO,
presented the Group's results and the perspectives for the current and
subsequent fiscal years.
Financial calendar
December 2018: 2018/2019 Half-year results
ABOUT EUROPACORP
Founded in 1999, EuropaCorp has become one of Europe's leading film and
television studios.
The company's global activities span the entire film value chain with expertise
in production, theatrical distribution, video and VOD sales, partnerships and
licensing, international sales, soundtrack publishing, and television sales.
By directly managing the production and distribution process, EuropaCorp is
able to maintain quality and creativity throughout the lifecycle of a film or
television project. The company has produced or coproduced over 110 films,
distributed nearly 160 films in French cinemas, and owns a catalogue of more
than 500 French and English language titles. Since 2000, the company has
produced 8 of France's 20 highest grossing films based on worldwide box-office.
Starting in 2010, the company has been active in producing television movies
and episodic television series for platforms around the world.
EuropaCorp was founded by French director, screenwriter and producer Luc
Besson.
For more information, go to www.europacorp.com
Contacts
EuropaCorp Group
Lisa Reynaud | Investor relations | investors@europacorp.com
Régis Lefèbvre | Communication | rlefebvre@europacorp.com
Tel : 01 55 99 50 00
NewCap
Pierre Laurent | NewCap
plaurent@newcap.fr | Tel : 01 44 71 94 94
EuropaCorp is listed in Compartment C of Euronext Paris
ISIN code: FR0010490920 - Ticker: ECP
APPENDIX
Detail of the votes cast
The shareholders who were present or represented at the meeting held a total of
28 611 330 shares (69.88%), which constitutes a sufficient quorum for both the
ordinary and extraordinary sessions of the meeting.
Resolution Subject Number of % votes for
1 Approval of the company accounts for the financial
year ended on 31 March 2018 28 611 330 99.80%
2 Approval of the consolidated accounts for the
financial year ended on 31 March 2018 28 611 330 99.80%
3 Allocation of earnings for the financial year
ended on 31 March 2018 28 611 330 99.80%
4 (*) Statutory Auditors' special report on the
regulated agreements and approval of the said
agreements referred to in Article 225-38 of the
French Commercial Code 15 671 392 99.63%
5 (*) Statutory Auditors' special report on the
regulated agreements and approval of the said
agreements referred to in Article 225-42 of the
French Commercial Code 15 671 392 92.16%
6 (*) Approval of fixed and variable components of
the remuneration and benefits of any kind paid or
awarded for the 2017-2018 financial year to Mr Luc
Besson, as Chairman of the Board of Directors, and
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 15 671 392 92.13%
7 Approval of fixed and variable components of the
remuneration and benefits of any kind paid or
awarded for the 2017-2018 financial year to Mr Marc
Shmuger, as Chief Executive Officer 28 611 330 99.78%
8 (**) Approval of fixed and variable components
of the remuneration and benefits of any kind paid
or awarded for the 2017-2018 financial year to Mr
Edouard de Vésinne, as Deputy Chief Executive
Officer 28 611 330 95.71%
9 (*) Approval of the principles and criteria for
determining, distributing and allocating components
of remuneration and benefits of any kinds
attributable to corporate officers for the
2018-2019 financial year 15 671 392 92.16%
10 Renewal of Ms Rhyzlène Nusse's term of office
as member of the Board of Directors 28 611 330 99,80%
11 Authorisation of a plan by the Company to
repurchase its own shares 28 611 330 97.21%
12 Delegation to the Board of Directors of
authority to decide on the issue, with maintenance
of the preferential subscription right, of ordinary
shares and/or transferable securities giving
access immediately and/or in the future to the
share capital of the Company or to debt securities 28 611 330 97.21%
13 Delegation to the Board of Directors of authority
to decide on the issue, by public offering, with
cancellation of the preferential subscription right,
of ordinary shares and/or transferable securities
giving access immediately and/or in the future to
the share capital of the Company or to debt
securities 28 611 330 95.70%
14 Delegation to the Board of Directors of authority
to decide on the issue, with cancellation of the
preferential subscription right, of ordinary shares
and/or transferable securities giving access
immediately and/or in the future to the share
capital of the Company or to debt securities in
the context of an offering referred to in Article
L. 411-2-II of the French Monetary and Financial
Code 28 611 330 95.70%
15 Authorisation to the Board of Directors to
determine the issue price of ordinary shares
or transferable securities with cancellation of
the shareholders' preferential subscription right,
within the limit of 10% of the share capital per
annum 28 611 330 95.70%
16 Authorisation to the Board of Directors to
increase, in accordance with Article L. 225-135-1
of the French Commercial Code, the number of
securities to be issued when issues are carried
out with maintenance or cancellation of the
shareholders' preferential subscription right 28 611 330 95.70%
17 Delegation to the Board of Directors of
authority to decide on a capital increase through
the issue of shares reserved for employees
enrolled in a company savings plan, with
cancellation of the preferential subscription
right to the benefit of said employees 28 611 330 44.22%
18 Overall limit on authorisations for issues
in cash 28 611 330 99.80%
19 Delegation to the Board of Directors of powers
to increase the share capital by issuing ordinary
shares or transferable securities giving access to
the share capital of the Company as remuneration
for securities contributed in the context of a
public exchange offering initiated by the Company 28 611 330 95.71%
20 Delegation to the Board of Directors of powers
to decide on the issue of ordinary shares within
the limit of 10% of the share capital, as
remuneration for contributions in kind granted to
the Company
28 611 330 95.71%
21 Delegation to the Board of Directors of powers
to issue transferable securities giving access to
the share capital of the Company, with cancellation
of the preferential subscription right, in the
context of an exchange of financial securities 28 611 330 95.70%
22 (***) Authorisation to the Board of Directors
to grant share subscription or purchase options
to the employees or corporate officers of the
Company and its affiliates; 15 642 985 92.14%
23 (***) Authorisation to the Board of Directors
to allocate bonus shares to the employees or
corporate officers of the Company and its
affiliates 15 642 985 92.14%
24 Delegation to the Board of Directors of powers
to increase the share capital by incorporating
premiums, reserves, profits or other items 28 611 330 95.71%
25 Authorisation to the Board of Directors to
reduce the share capital by cancelling shares 28 611 330 99.80%
26 Powers for formalities 28 611 330 99.80%
% votes
against % abstention
0.00% 0.20%
0.00% 0.20%
0.00% 0.20%
0.01% 0.37%
7.48% 0.37%
7.51% 0.37%
0.02% 0.20%
4.09% 0.20%
7.48% 0.37%
0.01% 0.20%
2.59% 0.20%
2.59% 0.20%
4.10% 0.20%
4.10% 0.20%
4.10% 0.20%
4.10% 0.20%
55.58% 0.20%
0.00% 0.20%
4.09% 0.20%
4.10% 0.20%
4.10% 0.20%
7.50% 0.37%
7.49% 0.37%
4.09% 0.20%
0.00% 0.20%
0.00% 0.20%
(*) For those resolutions, the shares held by Front Line and Mr. Luc Besson
were not taken into account when calculating the quorum and the votes cast.
(**) For this resolution, the shares held by Mr. Edouard de Vésinne were not
taken into account when calculating the quorum and the votes cast.
(***) For those resolutions, the shares held by Front Line, Mr. Luc Besson,
Mrs. Besson-Silla and Mr. Marillas were not taken into account when calculating
the quorum and the votes cast.