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1 PRESENTATION OF VILMORIN & CIE

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1.1. Key figures

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1.2. History and evolution of the Company

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1.3. The seed market

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1.4. Activities

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1.5. Development model

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1.6. Strategy and perspectives

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1.7. Risk factors

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2 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

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2.1. Corporate governance code of reference

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2.2. The Board of Directors

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2.3. Specialized committees

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2.4. Management bodies

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2.5. Agreements with corporate officers and interest of the Management bodies

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2.6. Summary table of the recommendations of the Middlenext Code of corporate governance that are not followed

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2.7. Chairman’s report on the functioning of the Board of Directors and internal control

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3 MANAGEMENT REPORT

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Report of the Board of Directors to the Joint Annual Meeting (Ordinary and Extraordinary) of December 8, 2017

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4 SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIETAL INFORMATION

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4.1. The approach

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4.2. Proposing innovative and responsible agri-food solutions

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4.3. Conducting activities in an ethical, sustainable and effective manner

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4.4. Building new patterns of relationship and creating value

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4.5. Methodology note

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4.6. Concordance table for social, environmental and societal information

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5 FINANCIAL INFORMATION

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5.1. Consolidated Financial Statements

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5.2. Corporate Financial Statements

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6 VILMORIN & CIE AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS

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6.1. Information on the Company

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6.2. Capital stock and Shareholders

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6.3. Vilmorin & Cie’s shares

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6.4. Relations with Shareholders

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7 JOINT GENERAL MEETING OF DECEMBER 8, 2017

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7.1. Meeting agenda

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7.2. Draft resolutions of an ordinary nature

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7.3. Draft resolutions of an extraordinary nature

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7.4. Draft resolution of an ordinary nature

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8 FURTHER INFORMATION

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8.1. Statutory Auditors

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8.2. Documents available to the general public

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8.3. Incorporation with reference to historical financial information

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8.4. Glossary

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