Documentation for the Extraordinary General Meeting On Wednesday 27 March 2013 at 10:30 a.m. at Hotel Okura Amsterdam Ferdinand Bolstraat 333, 1072 LH Amsterdam, The Netherlands Agenda 2 Ways of participating in the Meeting 3 Text of the resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors 5 Presentation of the resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors 8 Report of the Board of Directors 13 Useful Information 26 Agenda 1 Opening and general introductory statements 2 Presentation, including a Report of the Board of Directors in respect of the proposed change of the Company’s governance and shareholding structure 3 Discussion of all Agenda items 4 Vote on the resolutions in respect of the: 1. Amendment of the Company’s Articles of Association 2. Authorisation for the Board of Directors to repurchase up to 15% of the Company’s issued and outstanding share capital (i.e. issued share capital excluding shares held by the Company or its subsidiaries) (the “share buyback programme”) 3. Cancellation of shares repurchased by the Company pursuant to the share buyback programme 4. Appointment of Mr Thomas Enders as the E xecutive Member of the Board of Directors 5. Appointment of Mr Manfred Bischoff as a non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors 6. Appointment of Mr Ralph D. Crosby , Jr. as a non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors 7. Appointment of Mr Hans-Peter Keitel as a non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors 8. Appointment of Mr Hermann-Josef Lamberti as a non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors 9. Appointment of Mrs Anne Lauvergeon as a non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors 10. Appointment of Mr Lakshmi N. Mittal as a non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors 11. Appointment of Sir John Parker as a non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors 12. Appointment of Mr Michel Pébereau as a non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors 13. Appointment of Mr Josep Piqué i Camps as a non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors 14. Appointment of Mr Denis Ranque as a non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors 15. Appointment of Mr Jean-Claude Trichet as a non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors The effectiveness of each of the above-mentioned resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors shall be conditional upon adoption of all of such resolutions. For the avoidance of doubt, in case of the rejection of any of the above- mentioned resolutions, none of these resolutions shall become effective, none of them shall be implemented and all such resolutions shall be deemed to have been rejected. In addition, the effectiveness of the above-mentioned resolutions 4 through 15 shall be conditional upon the implementation of the amendment to the Company’s Articles of Association as proposed above under resolution 1. This conditionality is required to implement the changes to the Company’s present governance and shareholding structure, as described in the Report of the Board of Directors available on the Company’s website. 5 Closing of the Meeting Please note that the Questions & Answers session of the Extraordinary General Meeting will be solely dedicated to the matters of this agenda. The Company will hold its Annual General Meeting in due time later this year, in order to (inter alia) discuss and resolve on the Company’ s Annual Financial Statements for 2012, and all other matters related to its business. 2 I EADS DOCUMENTATION FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING Ways of participating in the Meeting How to qualify for participation in the Meeting? According to the current Dutch law, your depository bank or EADS Securities Department will attest on your behalf your status as a holder of EADS shares as of Wednesday 27 February 2013 (Registration Date) at close of markets, to qualify for participation in the Extraordinary General Meeting. The shares will not be blocked from the Registration Date until the Meeting. How to participate? You can choose one of the following options: You can express your choice: 1. To grant a power of attorney to the Chairman A. by using the voting form/attendance card 2. To provide voting instructions request (the “Form”) attached in printed version 3. To grant a power of attorney to a specified person B. or by Internet 4. To attend and to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting A. In paper form 1. To grant a power of attorney to the Chairman 3. To grant a power of attorney to a specified If you wish to grant to the Chairman a power of attorney person to vote each resolution and amendments or new resolutions, If you wish to grant a power of attorney to a specifi ed if any, presented during this Meeting, you must shade box 1 person to vote each resolution, and amendments or new on the Form. resolutions, if any, presented during this Meeting, you must shade box 3 on the Form. 2. To provide voting instructions In this case, only the specifi ed person will be admitted In order to provide voting instructions to Euroclear France to the Meeting and only upon presentation of an attendance SA, in the name of which your shares are registered card and a valid proof of identity. in the shareholders’ register of EADS, you must shade and fi ll out box 2 on the Form. 4. To attend and to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting For each resolution, and amendment or new resolution if any presented during this Meeting, you can express IIf you wish to attend and to vote at the Meeting, you must your choice as follows: shade box 4 on the Form in order to receive an attendance card from Deutsche Bank AG. O if you wish to vote FOR, shade the box FOR; In this case, you will be admitted to the Meeting only upon O if you wish to vote AGAINST, shade the box AGAINST; presentation of this attendance card and a valid proof O if you wish to vote ABSTAIN, shade the box ABSTAIN. of identity. Whichever your choice is, whether 1, 2, 3 or 4, just shade and fi ll out the appropriate items on the Form as indicated above. Then date and sign before returning it, as appropriate, to your depository bank which will submit the relevant instruction to Deutsche Bank AG. Your Form or Document must be received: O by your depository bank no later than the day indicated by your depository bank. Any Form or Document received beyond the relevant date will be disregarded. EADS DOCUMENTATION FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING I 3 WAYS OF PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETING B. By Internet You will be offered the same four options as proposed in the paper Form if you choose to express your choice through the secure website Gisproxy, which is available until Thursday 21 March 2013 . The Internet procedure depends on the type of account in which you hold your EADS shares (pure registered, administrated registered or bearer shares) as of Wednesday 27 February 2013 (Registration Date) at close of markets: O I hold pure registered shares O I hold bearer shares The login and password required to connect to the voting If you wish to have access to the voting platform Gisproxy, your shares platform Gisproxy are the same as those that let you check must be transferred into registered form as soon as possible. In order your Registered account on the website Planetshares – to transfer your shares*, you need to complete the relevant form, which Myshares. If you have these two items, you can connect to is available on our website www.eads. com (Investor Relations > the voting platform Gisproxy and follow the instructions detailed Extraordinary General Meeting 2013 ) or by contacting EADS Securities on the screen. Department (Tel.: +33 1 57 43 35 00). This form must be transmitted to your depository bank which will contact EADS Securities If you forgot your login and/or your password, the login Department in order to carry out the transfer of your shares. procedure will be identical to that provided for “I hold Administrated Registered shares”, presented below. Once the transfer has been completed, EADS Securities Department will send you the login and password without delay. O I hold administrated registered shares With these two items, you can connect to the voting platform Gisproxy and follow the instructions detailed on the screen. You will fi nd your login on the paper Form in the box at the right top. With this login, you can connect to the website Gisproxy If your shares are transferred after Wednesday 27 February 2013 and request a password. You will then receive by post from (Registration Date) at close of markets, the depository bank, EADS Securities department your password and your complete which managed your shares, will have to provide evidence of your login without delay. status as a holder of EADS shares on that date (a special form is available on our website www.eads.com (Investor Relations With this login and password, you can connect to the voting > Extraordinary General Meeting 2013) or by contacting EADS platform Gisproxy and follow the instructions detailed Securities Department) to be eligible to vote electronically. on the screen. The transfer of your shares from bearer into registered form relies solely on the ability of your depository bank, which shall be the entity exclusively responsible for handling this process, to manage * Your depository bank may charge you a fee for this transfer. it in due time and in accordance with your request. The voting platform Gisproxy is available at the following address: https://gisproxy.bnpparibas.com/eads.pg For any question related to the Internet voting, please contact +33 1 57 43 35 00.
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