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Contents
1.1.
Key figures
2
1.2.
History and evolution of the Company
9
1.3.
The seed market
12
1.4.
Activities
20
1.5.
Development model
30
1.6.
Strategy and perspectives
33
1.7.
Risk factors
45
Presentation
of Vilmorin & Cie
1
The words followed by * are defined in the glossary.
2.1.
Corporate governance code of reference
56
2.2.
The Board of Directors
57
2.3.
Specialized committees
70
2.4.
Management bodies
72
2.5.
Agreements with corporate officers and
interest of the Management bodies
74
2.6.
Summary table of the recommendations
of the Middlenext Code of corporate governance
that have not been adopted
78
2.7.
Chairman’s report on the functioning
of the Board of Directors and internal control
79
Corporate
Governance
2
Report of the Board of Directors to the Joint Annual Meeting
(Ordinary and Extraordinary) of December 8, 2017
86
Management
report
3
4.1.
The approach
98
4.2.
Proposing innovative and responsible agri-food solutions
101
4.3.
Conducting activities in an ethical,
sustainable and effective manner
106
4.4.
Building new patterns of relationship
and creating value
124
4.5.
Methodology note
132
4.6.
Concordance table for social,
environmental and societal information
134
Social, environmental and societal
information
4
5.1.
Consolidated Financial Statements
140
5.2.
Corporate Financial Statements
209
Financial
Information
5
6.1.
Information on the Company
216
6.2.
Capital stock and Shareholders
219
6.3.
Vilmorin & Cie’s shares
223
6.4.
Relations with Shareholders
227
Vilmorin & Cie
and its Shareholders
6
7.1.
Meeting agenda
232
7.2.
Draft resolutions of an ordinary nature
234
7.3.
Draft resolutions of an extraordinary nature
238
7.4.
Draft resolution of an ordinary nature
243
Joint General Meeting
of December 8, 2017
7
8.1.
Statutory Auditors
246
8.2.
Documents available to the general public
247
8.3.
Incorporation with reference
to historical financial information
247
8.4.
Glossary
248
Further
information
8
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