VGP - ANNUAL REPORT AND CONVOCATION OF THE ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

ANNUAL REPORT 2017

The shareholders are hereby invited to attend the annual shareholders’ meeting of the Company which shall take place at the Crowne Plaza Brussels Airport Hotel, Leonardo Da Vincilaan 4, 1831 Machelen (Diegem), on Friday 11 May 2018 at 10:00 am, with following agenda and proposed resolutions:

AGENDA AND PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS

1. Acknowledgement and discussion of the annual report of the board of directors and the report of the auditor on the annual accounts for the financial year ending 31 December 2017.
2. Acknowledgement and approval of the remuneration report for the financial year ending 31 December 2017.
   Proposed resolution: The general meeting approves the remuneration report for the financial year ending 31 December 2017.
3. Acknowledgement and approval of the annual accounts for the financial year ending 31 December 2017 and allocation of the results.
   Proposed resolution: The general meeting approves the annual accounts for the financial year ending 31 December 2017. The general meeting approves the allocation of the results as proposed by the board of directors, including the payment of a gross dividend of EUR 1.9 per share. The dividend will be made payable on 16 May 2018.
4. Acknowledgment and discussion of the annual report of the board of directors and the report of the auditor on the consolidated annual accounts for the financial year ending 31 December 2017.
5. Acknowledgment of the consolidated annual accounts for the financial year ending 31 December 2017.
6. Release from liability to be granted to the directors and to the respective permanent representatives of the legal entity-directors.
   Proposed resolution: The general meeting resolves, by a separate vote, that the directors and the respective permanent representatives of the legal entity-directors be released from any liability arising from the performance of their duties during the financial year ending 31 December 2017.
7. Release from liability to be granted to the auditor.
   Proposed resolution: The general meeting resolves that the auditor be released from any liability arising from the performance of its duties during the financial year ending 31 December 2017.
8. Determination of a one-off additional remuneration for the independent directors of the Company.
   Proposed resolution: The general meeting approves the proposal of the board of directors with regard to the one-off additional remuneration of EUR 35,000 per independent director of the Company.

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