Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, 18 June 2008
The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (the 'Meeting') will be held at the Okura Hotel at Ferdinand Bolstraat 333 in Amsterdam at 2 p.m. on Wednesday 18 June 2008.
Please note that, following Corporate Express'
press release issued on 11 June, there will be no vote on item 3 of the Agenda (the Lyreco transaction).
Downloads and links
The Position Document, including the position statement of the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board regarding the offer of Staples, Inc. In the Shareholders Circular, Corporate Express explained the inteded merger with Lyreco. In view of the recommendation by the Boards of Corporate Express of the offer of Staples of €9.25 per ordinary share, the merger agreement with Lyreco has terminated and there will not be a vote on the merger with Lyreco.
Information on attending the Meeting
• Holders of ordinary shares in bearer form
• Holders of depositary receipts of preference shares A in bearer form
• Holders of ordinary shares and depositary receipts of Preference Shares A in registered form
If you would like to give a proxy to someone representing you in the meeting, you can download a proxy form below
Information regarding the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders 2008
For the Meeting the following record date will apply: those persons who on 29 May 2008 (after processing of settlements on that date) hold shares or depositary receipts of preference shares A, and are registered as such in one of the registers designated by the Executive Board, will be entitled to participate and vote at the Meeting provided they have registered for the Meeting on 16 June 2008 before 5 p.m.
Shareholders are entitled to ask questions at the Meeting related to items on the agenda. To enhance the efficiency at the Meeting, shareholders that will be present or represented at the AGM are invited to send these questions prior to the Meeting preferably no later than 13 June 2008 to
financial.communications@cexpgroup.com or to Corporate Express NV, attn Company Secretary, PO Box 23456, 1100 DZ Amsterdam ZO, the Netherlands.
The Meeting will be
video webcast live and in full.