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To the holders of bearer shares and/or holders of depositary receipts in bearer form of Corporate Expres
Amsterdam, 28 June 2011
General Meeting of Shareholders on 14 July 2011.
Dear shareholder,
Dear depositary receipt holder,
In accordance with our articles of association the holders of registered shares and depositary receipts of Corporate Express have been invited to attend the General Meeting of Shareholders, which will be held on 14 July 2011 at 10 a.m. at the offices of Corporate Express B.V., Hoogoorddreef 62 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The agenda for this meeting will be as follows:
1 Opening
2 Annual report and financial statements for 2010, dividend and release from liability
2a Reports by the Supervisory Board and the Executive Board
2b Adoption of the 2010 financial statements (resolution)
2c Adoption of the proposed 2010 dividend (resolution)
2d Release from liability of the members of the Executive Board (resolution)
2e Release from liability of the members of the Supervisory Board (resolution)
3 Board changes
3a Resignation of Mr. T.W.C.M. van Brandenburg as member of the Board of Directors
3b Appointment of Mr. G.M.H. Peters as member of the Board of Directors (resolution)
4 Any other business
Copies of the agenda (including the explanatory notes) and the annual report and the financial statements for the financial year 2010 are available for inspection at the offices of Corporate Express B.V., Hoogoorddreef 62 te Amsterdam.
As a holder of bearer shares and/or holders of depositary receipts in bearer form of Corporate Express, you do not have a statutory right to attend the General Meeting of Shareholders. However, if you would like to attend the meeting, the Executive Board may grant you access to the meeting if you provide evidence of your shareholding. In case you would like to be able to exercise voting rights attached to your securities during the meeting you have to convert your bearer securities to registered securities. Cancelling shares or depositary receipts from the deposit system of Euroclear Nederland, registering shares in the relevant register of Corporate Express, as well as exchanging and registering depository receipts in the relevant register Corporate Express may involve the execution of one or more (notarial) deeds of transfer and will involve costs for the holders of these securities.
Yours sincerely,
Corporate Express BV
G. Glover
Member Executive Board