Ipsen S.A. - Formalities for making available and consulting preparatory documents to the 2024 Annual General Meeting
Information relating to the holding of the Combined Shareholders’ Meeting of 28 May 2024 of Ipsen S.A.
- Formalities for making available and consulting preparatory documents to the Meeting
BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FRANCE, 7 May 2024 - The Shareholders of the Company are invited to participate in the Combined Shareholders’ Meeting of Ipsen (Euronext: IPN; ADR: IPSEY) to be held on Tuesday 28 May 2024 at 3:00 p.m. (Paris time) at the Salons de l'Hôtel des Arts et Métiers, 9 bis avenue d'Iéna, 75116 Paris.
The preliminary notice of the Meeting (“avis de réunion”) was published in the Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires (BALO) of 17 April 2024 and the notice of Meeting (“avis de convocation”) was published in the BALO on 6 May 2024. These documents, as well as the Convening notice (including the agenda, the draft resolutions and the conditions regarding attendance and vote), are also available on Ipsen’s website at the following address: , under the Investors / Regulated Information / Shareholders Meeting section. Documents and information relating to this Meeting are made available to shareholders under the legal and regulatory conditions in force.
The Shareholders will be asked to approve in particular the following resolutions:
- The payment of a dividend of €1.20 per share for the 2023 financial year, the ex-date being set on 30 May 2024 and the dividend payment on 3 June 2024;
- The renewal of the terms of office of BEECH TREE S.A. and Mrs. Carol XUEREF as Directors for a term of 4 years as well as the ratification of the temporary appointment of Mr. Pascal TOUCHON as a Director, maintaining the independence Directors’ rate within the Board of Directors at a third in accordance with the Afep-Medef Code and each gender’s proportion at more than 40% in accordance with the law (Directors representing the employees being not taken into account in these rates).
In accordance with applicable regulatory provisions:
- Registered shareholders may, up to the fifth day (inclusive) before the Meeting, request from the Company to send these documents, where appropriate at his/her express request by electronic means. For holders of bearer shares, the exercise of this right is subject to the presentation of a shareholding certificate (attestation de participation) in the bearer securities accounts managed by the authorized intermediary.
- Any shareholder may consult these documents at the Company’s headquarters.
About Ipsen
We are a global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on bringing transformative medicines to patients in three therapeutic areas: Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience.
Our pipeline is fueled by external innovation and supported by nearly 100 years of development experience and global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K. Our teams in more than 40 countries and our partnerships around the world enable us to bring medicines to patients in more than 80 countries.
Ipsen is listed in Paris (Euronext: IPN) and in the U.S. through a Sponsored Level I American Depositary Receipt program (ADR: IPSEY). For more information, visit ipsen.com.
Ipsen contacts
Investors
- Craig Marks | + 44 (0) 7584 349 193
- Nicolas Bogler | + 33 (6) 52 19 98 92
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