6.1.4.2 Gender diversity in the 10% of positions with the highest levels of responsibility
Within the Group, positions with the highest levels of responsibility are represented by the so-called “executive” population, i.e., the members of the Extended Group Executive Committee, their direct reports and all members of the Executive Committees of the Group’s subsidiaries, i.e., around 350 people out of around 10,000 employees in total (around 3.5% of the total workforce). Women represented 34% of the “executive” population in 2021 and the Group targets 40% women within this population by 2030. It is further recalled that women represent 50% of the Group’s total workforce.
6.1.5 General Meetings
In light of the constantly changing situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the usual conditions and procedures for convening and holding General Meetings described below may evolve, in line with changes to health guidelines or to legal and regulatory requirements.
6.1.5.1 Convening of General Meetings
Article 23 of the bylaws:
General Meetings are convened under the conditions set by the legal and regulatory provisions in force.
Pursuant to the legal and regulatory provisions in force, any shareholder has the right to attend General Meetings and to take part in the resolutions or to be represented by proxy, irrespective of the amount of shares it holds, if, under the conditions provided for in the legal and regulatory provisions in force, it justifies the registration of shares in its name – or as long as the Company’s shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, in the name of the intermediary registered on the shareholder’s behalf pursuant to paragraph seven of Article L.228-1 of the French Commercial Code – on the second business day prior to the date on which the General Meeting is held, at 12:00 am, Paris time, either in registered share accounts held by the Company, or, as long as the Company’s shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, in bearer share accounts held by one of the authorized intermediaries, referred to in paragraphs 2 to 7 of Article L.542-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code.
The registration or accounting entry of shares in the bearer share accounts held by the authorized intermediary is recorded by a share ownership certificate issued, electronically if necessary, by the latter under the conditions provided for in the legal and regulatory provisions in force.
The meetings are held at the registered office or at any other place specified in the convening notice.
6.1.5.2 Conduct of General Meetings and conditions and procedures for participating
Article 24 of the bylaws:
Any shareholder has the right to take part in the General Meetings or to be represented by proxy under the conditions determined in the legal and regulatory provisions in force.
Shareholders can cast their vote by post pursuant to Article L.225-107 of the French Commercial Code. The proxy/postal voting form may be sent to the Company or to the Company’s registrar in paper form or, by decision of the Board of Directors published in the notice of meeting, by electronic mail in accordance with the conditions provided for in the legal and regulatory provisions in force.
If the Board of Directors so decides when the General Meeting is convened, shareholders may also participate in and vote at the General Meeting by videoconference or by any other means of electronic telecommunication or remote transmission that allows them to be identified in accordance with the conditions provided for in the legal and regulatory provisions in force.
In addition, and if the Board of Directors so decides when the General Meeting is convened, shareholders may also request an admission card electronically.
Are deemed present, for the calculation of the quorum and the majority, the shareholders who take part in the General Meeting by videoconference or by any other means of electronic telecommunication or remote transmission that allow them to be identified, and the nature and conditions of application of which are determined by the legal and regulatory provisions in force.
If the Board of Directors so decides when the General Meeting is convened, the entire General Meeting may be publicly broadcast by videoconference or any other means of telecommunication or remote transmission, including via the Internet.
In the event of an electronic signature of the postal voting form by the shareholder or its legal representative or in the event of an electronic signature of the proxy form by the shareholder, thus enabling it to be represented at a General Meeting, such signature will have to:
