Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, December 27, 2013
Capital reduction by cancellation of shares
In the context of the 2012 and 2013 share buyback programs, Bureau Veritas (the "Company") purchased 4,400,000 of its own shares as of January 1 until November 30, 2013 (amount restated following the one- to-four split of the shares on June 21, 2013 and outside the scope of the liquidity agreement).
Pursuant to the authorization conferred by the 21st resolution of the Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting of May 22, 2013, the Company's Board of Directors, at its meeting of December 13, 2013, decided to cancel 766,924 of the shares bought back, representing 0.17% of the share capital and gave all powers to the Chief Executive Officer at this end.
Accordingly, after the legal formalities of cancellation performed, the Company's share capital will amount to EUR 52,961,220 divided into 441,343,500 shares.
After taking into account the cancellation of shares, the number of outstanding shares (including stock options exercised as of November 30, 2013) is 442,000,000.
