The Annual General Meeting of shareholders of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA will be held at 10.00 am at the Company’s headquarters, 50 chemin de la Chênaie, 1293 Bellevue, Geneva on Thursday, 14 September 2006.
AGENDA
The Board of Directors proposes that the General Meeting, having taken note of the reports of the auditors, approve the consolidated financial statements of the Group, the financial statements of the Company and the directors’ report for the business year ended 31 March 2006.
At 31 March 2006, the retained earnings available for distribution amounted to CHF 797 113 077. The Board of Directors proposes that a dividend of € 0.05 be paid per Richemont unit. This is equivalent to € 0.05 per ‘A’ bearer share in the Company and € 0.005 per ‘B’ registered share in the Company. In euro terms this represents a total dividend payable of € 28 710 000. The Swiss franc equivalent of this amount will be calculated using the euro/Swiss franc exchange rate prevailing at the date of the Annual General Meeting. The Board of Directors proposes that the remaining available retained earnings of the Company at 31 March 2006 after payment of the dividend be carried forward to the following business year.
The Board of Directors proposes that its members be discharged from their obligations in respect of the business year ended 31 March 2006.
The Board of Directors proposes that the registered office of the Company be relocated from 8 boulevard James-Fazy, 1201 Geneva to 50 chemin de la Chênaie, 1293 Bellevue, Geneva.
The Board of Directors proposes that the following members be re-elected to serve for a further term of one year: Johann Rupert, Jean-Paul Aeschimann, Dr Franco Cologni, Lord Douro, Yves-André Istel, Richard Lepeu, Simon Murray, Alain Dominique Perrin, Norbert Platt, Alan Quasha, Lord Renwick of Clifton, Prof. Jürgen Schrempp and Martha Wikstrom. The Board further proposes that Mr Ruggero Magnoni and Mr Jan Rupert be elected to the Board.
The Board of Directors proposes that PricewaterhouseCoopers be re-appointed for a further term of one year as auditors of the consolidated financial statements of the Group and of the financial statements of the Company.
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The financial statements of the Group and of the Company along with the related reports of the auditors together with the directors’ report for the year ended 31 March 2006 will be available for inspection at the registered office of the Company from 21 August 2006 onwards. A copy of the financial statements, reports of the auditors and the directors’ report, which are contained in the Richemont Annual Report 2006, will be sent to shareholders upon request.
Cards for admission to the Annual General Meeting together with voting forms should be obtained by holders of bearer shares, upon deposit of their share certificates, from any branch of the following banks up to 8 September 2006: UBS AG, Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie, Bank J Vontobel & Co AG and Pictet & Cie. Admission cards will not be issued by the Company itself.
Deposited shares will be blocked until the close of the meeting. No admission cards will be issued on the day of the meeting itself.
A shareholder may appoint a proxy, who need not be a shareholder, as his or her representative at the meeting. Forms of proxy are provided on the reverse of the admission cards. In accordance with Swiss law, each shareholder may be represented at the meeting by the Company, by a bank or similar institution or by Mr Georges Fournier, Etude Poncet et Buhler, Notaires, 6 rue de Candolle, CH 1205 Geneva, as independent representative of the shareholders. Unless proxies include explicit instructions to the contrary, voting rights will be exercised in support of the proposals of the Board of Directors. Proxy voting instructions must be received by the Company or the independent representative by Friday, 8 September 2006.
The meeting will be held in English with a simultaneous translation into French.
Depository agents, as defined in Article 689d of the Swiss Company Law, are requested to indicate to the Company, as soon as possible and in any event to the admission control prior to the commencement of the meeting, the number and par value of the shares they represent together with the reference numbers of the relevant admission cards. Institutions subject to the Swiss Federal Act on Banks and Savings Banks of 8 November 1934 and professional fund managers and trustees may be considered as depository agents.
For the Board of Directors:
| Johann Rupert | Norbert Platt |
| EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN | GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER |
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