HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING OF REXEL? HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING OF REXEL? The Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of Rexel will be held on Thursday, May 24, 2018 at the Chateauform’City George V, 28 avenue George V, 75008 Paris, at 10:00 am. Requirements for participating in the Shareholders’ Meeting All shareholders, irrespective of the number of shares • for holders of BEARER shares, the registering or they own, and the form in which the shares are held, recording of your shares in bearer share accounts have the right to participate in the Shareholders’ held by an authorized financial intermediary listed Meeting. In accordance with Article R.225-85 of in Article L. 211-3 of the French Monetary and the French Commercial Code, this right is subject Financial Code, must be evidenced by a certificate to the shares being registered in the name of the of ownership issued by the authorized financial shareholder or in the name of the authorized financial intermediary. This certificate of ownership must intermediary who is registered for their account on be attached to the voting form or to the request the second business day before the Meeting, i.e., for an attendance card issued in the name of Tuesday, May 22, 2018at 00:00 (Paris time): the shareholder or on behalf of the shareholder for holders of REGISTERED shares (pure or represented by an authorized financial • administered), you must be registered in the intermediary. Holders of bearer shares may registered share accounts held for Rexel by its request this form from the authorized financial representative, Société Générale Securities Services, intermediary that manages its shares as of the by the second business day before the Meeting, i.e., date of the convening notice. by Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 00:00 (Paris time); Ways of participating in the Shareholders’ Meeting There are four ways in which you can exercise your rights as a shareholder: •by attending the Meeting in person; • by giving proxy to the Chairman of the Meeting; • by voting by mail; • by being represented by the person of your choice,under the terms of Article L.225-106 of the French Commercial Code. The easiest and fastest way of participating is via the Internet Rexel gives you the option of providing your instructions online before the Meeting is held. This option is therefore an additional way in which shareholders can participate. Shareholders are given access to all choices available on the voting form via a dedicated secure website. If you wish to use this method to send your instructions, please follow the recommendations listed below in the section entitled: “If you wish to vote via the Internet”. If you wish to attend the Meeting in person ■If you hold REGISTERED shares (pure or establishment: Société Générale Securities Services administered): you will need to request an attendance (Service Assemblées, CS 30812, 44308 Nantes card from the central financial establishment: Société Cedex 3), which will send you an attendance card. Générale Securities Services, by sending the universal postal and proxy voting form attached to this convening You will present yourself on Thursday, May 24, 2018 notice, after completing the voting form as follows: at the Meeting location with your attendance card. ➔check box A at the top of the form; If you hold registered shares and you do not ➔date and sign the form in the appropriate area at receive your attendance card in time, you can still the end of the form; participate in the Meeting by providing simple proof ➔ mail the form, using the attached T envelope or of identification. by standard letter, to Société Générale Securities If you hold bearer shares and you do not receive your Services (Service Assemblées, CS 30812, 44308 attendance card by the second business day before Nantes Cedex 3). the Shareholders’ Meeting, you can participate in ■ If you hold BEARER shares: you will need to ask the Meeting by asking your authorized financial your authorized financial intermediary for a certificate intermediary in advance to issue you a certificate of of ownership. Your authorized financial intermediary ownership and by providing proof of identification. will then send this certificate to the central financial CONVENING NOTICE OF THE COMBINED SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING 74