2008
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
The General Meeting of Shareholders was held at the Okura Hotel at Ferdinand Bolstraat 333 in Amsterdam on Tuesday 8 April 2008.
For the General Meeting of Shareholders a record date applied: those persons who on 18 March 2008 held shares or depositary receipts of Preference Shares A in Corporate Express and were registered as such in one of the registers designated by the Executive Board were entitled to participate and to vote at the meeting provided they have registered for the meeting on 2 April 2008 at the latest.
Shareholders were entitled to ask questions at the meeting related to items on the agenda. To enhance the efficiency at the meeting, shareholders present or represented at the AGM were invited to send these questions prior to the meeting preferably no later than 2 April 2008 to ir@cexpgroup.com or to Corporate Express NV, attn Company Secretary, P.O. Box 23456, 1100 DZ Amsterdam ZO, the Netherlands.
The meeting was audio webcasted live and in full. An archive file can be listened here.
Shareholder documentation
Voting at the AGM
How to vote at the AGM 2008?
- Proxy voting via ABN AMRO
- Proxy voting via Shareholders' Communication Channel
Holders of bearer share in registered form and holders of depositary receipts in bearer form who have received a voting instruction form via the Shareholders' Communication Channel may participate in the General Meeting and vote by proxy via this Channel by completing and returning the Channel's form. It is also possible for these shareholders to vote electronically as per the instructions of the Communication Channel. The notification will be regarded as valid if the voting instructions have been received by Proxy Services (via mail or electronically) on 3 April 2008 at 5 pm at the latest. More information about proxy voting may be found at the website of the Shareholders' Communication Channel .
- Proxy voting via Corporate Express by using a proxy card (PDF, 41k)
Important contact details
Meeting address
- Hotel Okura Amsterdam, Ferdinand Bolstraat 333 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Meeting starting at 2pm
Agenda and explanatory notes
Information on electronic and proxy voting
Corporate Express NV
- Carl Hoyer, Vice President Financial Communications, telephone +31 (0)20 651 10 42
- Heidi van der Kooij, Company Secretary, telephone +31 (0)20 651 11 04
Dutch shareholder helpline
International proxy solicitor
- HQB Partners, telephone +44 (0)207 776 10 24 (will answer any questions regarding the voting process)
Other documents