Decision on the establishment of the ‘Société d'énérgie nucléaire franco-belge des Ardennes’ Joint Undertaking

Article 17 Terms of office of Directors — Retirement and replacement

The term of office of a Director shall be.six years (a year here meaning the period between two consecutive annual ordinary general meetings), save where the following provisions apply:

• The first Board of Directors shall remain in office until the ordinary general meeting which considers the accounts for the fifth financial year of the company and which will replace the whole Board.

• Thereafter a number of the Directors shall retire and be replaced at the annual meeting, that number being in proportion to the number of Directors for the time being in office. Such retirement and replacement shall take place once every period of a year or two years, these periods alternating, if necessary, in such a way that the replacement process is as regular as possible and in any case complete after every period of six years, but also that the requirements of Article 15 are at all times complied with.

• When this provision is brought into operation, the order of retirement shall be determined by lot at a meeting of the Board; once the order of rotation has been established, the Directors shall retire and be replaced in the order of their seniority of office, and the term of office of each Director shall be six years.

• Retiring Directors shall be eligible for re-election.