SHAREHOLDER INFO :: BECOME A SHAREHOLDER

WHO CAN SUBSCRIBE AND HOW?

How to become a shareholder?  

To buy Eutelsat Communications shares, you must have a share account held by a financial intermediary registered at the Paris Stock Exchange (Euronext Paris): it can be a bank, a broker or a electronic broker.

How to place an order? How to word it?
You have to specify:
- Your share account number
- The nature of the trade order (purchase or sale)
- The name of the share and the ISIN code:
(ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234)
- The quantity of shares concerned
- The trade execution price: market price, limited price…
- The date of validity of the trade order: orders with no specified date are valid until the end of the month. With the Deferred Settlement Service, orders are valid until the settlement day.

Bearer shares

Bearer shareholders are not known to the company except where the latter is commissioning a TPI (Titre au porteur identifiable, or identifiable bearer security), as allowed by Eutesat Communications’ by-laws.  The shares are managed by your financial intermediary who will charge management fees.

Registered shares

With registered shares, Eutelsat Communications can identify individual shareholders and establish a personal contact.

The advantage of holding registered shares
A personalised service: each shareholder is treated individually by the company, and receives statements of their account, notices of operations and fiscal statements. They also receive information on the Group’s financial operations.

An invitation to the Shareholders’ General Meeting: no later than 15 days prior to the General Meeting, registered shareholders receive an official notice of attendance as well as a Meeting information pack. The pack includes the resolutions submitted to the vote, as well as forms for "Voting by Post" and "ticket request".

If you wish to transfer your shares to registered form, please call + 33 (0)1 55 77 40 57  or send your request to:

BNP Paribas Securities Services
GCT Emetteurs
Immeuble Tolbiac
75450 Paris Cedex 09
Service Relations Actionnaires

Last updated: 20/10/08