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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of April 2007
Commission File Number 000-28508
Flamel Technologies S.A.
(Translation of registrants name into English)
Parc Club du Moulin à Vent
33 avenue du Dr. Georges Levy
69693 Vénissieux Cedex France
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Indicate by check mark whether registrant by furnishing the information contained in this
Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
If Yes is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection
with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-
INFORMATION FILED WITH THIS REPORT
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Document Index |
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Notice of a Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders on May 15, 2007. |
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Draft Resolutions to be submitted at the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Shareholders
Meeting on May 15, 2007. |
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Management Report prepared by the Board of Directors to be presented at the Annual
Ordinary Shareholders Meeting on May 15, 2007. |
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Chairmans Report on the Conditions of Preparation and Organization of the Board of
Directors and on the Internal Control Policies Implemented by the Company to be presented at the
Combined Ordinary General Shareholders Meeting on May 15, 2007. |
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Board Report to be submitted at the Combined Shareholders Meeting on May 15, 2007. |
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Form of Proxy to Shareholders. |
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Form of Proxy to ADR Holders. |
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99.8 |
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Document and Information Request Form. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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Flamel Technologies S.A.
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Dated: April 20, 2007 |
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Stephen H. Willard
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Stephen H. Willard |
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Chief Executive Officer |
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Exhibit 99.1
FLAMEL TECHNOLOGIES
Société Anonyme with a share capital of Euros 2,925,755
Registered Office :
Parc Club du Moulin à Vent
33, avenue du Docteur Georges Lévy
69693 VENISSIEUX (France)
379 001 530 R.C.S. LYON
NOTICE OF A COMBINED ORDINARY AND EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL
MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
ON MAY 15TH; 2007
Sent by Mail
Ladies and Gentlemen,
You are cordially invited to attend the Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meeting (the
Meeting) of the shareholders of FLAMEL TECHNOLOGIES (the Company) which will be held on May
15th at 10 a.m. at the registered office of the Company, with the following agenda :
Agenda
Resolutions within the competence of the ordinary general shareholders meeting
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Approval of Statutory Accounts for year ended 31 December 2006. |
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Allocation of results to retained earnings. |
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Renewal of Mr Elie Vannier as Director. |
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Renewal of Mr Cor Boonstra as Director. |
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Renewal of Mr. Frederic Lemoine as Director. |
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Renewal of Mr. John L. Vogelstein as Director. |
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Renewal of Mr. Stephen H. Willard as Director. |
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Renewal of Mr Lodewijk J.R. De Vink as Director. |
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Determination of the annual amount of Directors attendance fees. |
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Approval of agreements referred to in article L. 225-38 et seq. of the Commercial Code. |
Resolutions within the competence of the extraordinary general shareholders meeting
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Authorization to be granted to the Board of Directors for allocation of five hundred
thousand (500,000) stock options and taking note of the resulting capital increases. |
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Authorization to be granted to the Board of Directors with a view to allocation of two
hundred thousand (200,000) shares at no cost (free shares) and taking note of the
resulting capital increases. |
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Authorization to be granted to the Board of Directors for issue of a maximum number of
one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) stock warrants (BSA) reserved for a category of
persons consisting of the companys directors who are neither authorized agents nor
employees of the
company, but including the Chairman of the Board of Directors; authorization to be granted
to the Board of Directors for carrying out the resulting capital increases. |
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Authorization to be granted to the Board of Directors for increasing the share capital
by issues of shares reserved for the members of a company saving plan established in
application of Articles L.443-5 et seq. of the Labour Code. |
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Powers for formalities. |
Please note that in the event that you are not able to attend the meeting, you may either grant a
proxy to your spouse or to another shareholder, who will be attending the meeting, or vote by mail.
You may also address a proxy to the Company without indicating any representative. In this latter
case, please note that the Chairman of the meeting will thus (i) vote in favor of the resolutions
approved by the Board of Directors and (ii) vote unfavorably for the other resolutions, which would
have not been approved by the Board. If you wish to vote in another way, you shall give a proxy to
a representative, who will agree to vote as you require.
Under no circumstances, will you be allowed to return to the Company a document including both
instructions of vote by mail and by proxy.
The voting instructions will not be taken into account unless the above-mentioned document, duly
filled out, reaches the Company at least three days before the Shareholders meeting.
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IMPORTANT :
IF YOU EXPECT TO BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING, PLEASE NOTE THAT SHAREHOLDERS WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE
COMBINED ORDINARY AND EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING WHATEVER THE NUMBER OF SHARES THEY HOLD
PROVIDED THAT IF THEY ARE OWNER OF REGISTERED SHARES THEIR SHARES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED IN A SHARE
ACCOUNT HELD BY THE COMPANY AT LEAST ONE DAY PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE MEETING OR IF THEY ARE OWNER
OF BEARER SHARES THEY HAVE DEPOSITED A CERTIFICATE STATING THE UNAVAILABLITY OF THEIR SHARES AT
LEAST ONE DAY PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE MEETING.
IF YOU EXPECT NOT TO BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING, YOU MAY COMPLETE AND PROMPTLY RETURN THE FORM OF
PROXY AND VOTE BY MAIL (DOCUMENT UNIQUE DE VOTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE ET PAR PROCURATION), WHICH IS
ENCLOSED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY ABSTENTION EXPRESSED IN THE FORM OF PROXY AND VOTE BY MAIL (DOCUMENT UNIQUE DE
VOTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE ET PAR PROCURATION) OR RESULTING FROM THE ABSENCE OF INDICATION OF VOTE
WILL BE DEEMED TO BE AN UNFAVORABLE VOTE TO THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION.
IF THE QUORUM FOR THE ORDINARY MEETING IS NOT MET ON MAY 15th, 2007, SHAREHOLDERS WILL BE INVITED
TO VOTE ON A MEETING WHICH WILL BE HELD ON MAY 22, 2007 ON THE SAME AGENDA, AS DESCRIBED IN THIS
NOTICE .
Quorum required under French law
The required quorum for ordinary resolutions is one fifth (20%) of the total outstanding shares. If
such quorum is not met, the Board of Directors will give a second
notice of Shareholders Meeting.
At this second Meeting, no quorum is required for ordinary resolutions.
The required quorum for extraordinary resolutions is one fourth (25%) of the total outstanding
shares with voting rights, upon first call of the shareholders meeting. If such quorum is not
met, the Board of Directors will give a second notice of Shareholders Meeting. At this second
Meeting,which shall not take place earlier than six days after the first meeting, the required
quorum is one fifth (20%) of the total outstanding shares with voting rights.
Enclosed documents:
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Draft resolutions to be presented to the combined ordinary and extraordinary shareholders meeting; |
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Report of the Board of Directors including table of the Companys results for the last five financial years; |
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Report on internal control |
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Report to extraordinary shareholders meeting |
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Form of proxy and vote by mail; |
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Document and information request form. |
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Exhibit 99.2
FLAMEL TECHNOLOGIES
Société Anonyme with a stated capital of 2,925,755 euros
Registered Office:
Parc Club du Moulin à Vent
33, avenue du Docteur Georges Lévy
69693 VENISSIEUX France
379 001 530 R.C.S. LYON
DRAFT RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED TO THE ORDINARY AND
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING
TO BE HELD ON MAY 15, 2007
DRAFT RESOLUTIONS WITHIN THE COMPETENCE OF THE ORDINARY
GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING
1. Approval of Statutory Accounts for year ended 31 December 2006.
2. Allocation of results to retained earnings.
3. Renewal of Mr Elie Vannier as Director.
4. Renewal of Mr Cor Boonstra as Director.
5. Renewal of Mr. Frederic Lemoine as Director.
6. Renewal of Mr. John L. Vogelstein as Director.
7. Renewal of Mr. Stephen H. Willard as Director.
8. Renewal of Mr Lodewijk J. R. De Vink as Director.
9. Determination of the annual amount of Directors attendance fees.
10. Approval of agreements referred to in article L. 225-38 et seq. of the Commercial Code.
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11. Authorization to be granted to the Board of Directors for allocation of five hundred thousand
(500,000) stock options and taking note of the resulting capital increases.
12. Authorization to be granted to the Board of Directors with a view to allocation of two hundred
thousand (200,000) shares at no cost (free shares) and taking note of the resulting capital
increases.
13. Authorization to be granted to the Board of Directors for issue of a maximum number of one
hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) stock warrants (BSA) reserved for a category of persons
consisting of the companys directors who are neither authorized agents nor employees of the
company, but including the Chairman of the Board of Directors; authorization to be granted to the
Board of Directors for carrying out the resulting capital increases.
14. Authorization to be granted to the Board of Directors for increasing the share capital by
issues of shares reserved for the members of a company saving plan established in application of
Articles L.443-5 et seq. of the Labour Code.
15. Powers for formalities.
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FIRST RESOLUTION
Approval of Statutory Accounts for year ended 31 December 2006
The General Shareholders Meeting, voting under the quorum and majority conditions for ordinary
general meetings,
after having taken cognizance of the financial statements for the fiscal year ended on December 31,
2006, and having heard a reading of the Board of Directors management report and of the general
report of the Statutory Auditor pertaining to said fiscal year, approves, in their entirety, the
said financial statements as they have been presented to it, as well as the transactions recorded
in such financial statements and reports, which show a loss in the amount of (17,259,532) euros.
Accordingly, the General Shareholders Meeting grants the Directors full discharge for the
performance of their duties during said fiscal year.
Furthermore and in accordance with Section 223 quater of the General Tax Code, the General
Shareholders Meeting acknowledges that non tax-deductible expenses or charges as set forth at
Section 39-4 of the General Tax Code were incurred for a total of 17,145 Euros during the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2006 corresponding to excess redemption.
SECOND RESOLUTION
Allocation of results to retained earnings
The General Shareholders Meeting, voting under the quorum and majority conditions for ordinary
general meetings,
after having heard a reading of the Board of Directors management report, decides to allocate the
loss for the financial year ended on December 31, 2006, amounting to (17,259,532)euros, to the
carry forward account, which will then amount to (74,505,317) euros.
It is recalled, pursuant to article 243 bis of the General Tax Code, that no dividend was
distributed for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2005, December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003.
THIRD RESOLUTION
Renewal of Mr Elie Vannier as Director
The General Shareholders Meeting, voting under the quorum and majority conditions for ordinary
general meetings,
after having heard a reading of the Board of Directors management report, acknowledging that the
term of the Directors office of Elie Vannier expires at the end of this meeting,
decides to renew his office for one (1) year, to expire at the end of the General Shareholders
Meeting convened to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007.
Elie Vannier has declared that he complied with all the conditions required by applicable laws and
regulations in order to hold such office.
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FOURTH RESOLUTION
Renewal of Mr Cor Boonstra as Director
The General Shareholders Meeting, voting under the quorum and majority conditions for ordinary
general meetings,
after having heard a reading of the Board of Directors management report, acknowledging that the
term of the Directors office of Cor Boonstra expires at the end of this meeting,
decides to renew his office for one (1) year, to expire at the end of the General Shareholders
Meeting convened to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007.
Cor Boonstra has declared that he complied with all the conditions required by applicable laws and
regulations in order to hold such office.
FIFTH RESOLUTION
Renewal of Mr. Frédéric Lemoine as Director
The General Shareholders Meeting, voting under the quorum and majority conditions for ordinary
general meetings,
after having heard a reading of the Board of Directors management report, acknowledging that the
term of the Directors office of Frédéric Lemoine expires at the end of this meeting,
decides to renew his office for one (1) year, to expire at the end of the General Shareholders
Meeting convened to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007.
Frédéric Lemoine has declared that he complied with all the conditions required by applicable laws
and regulations in order to hold such office.
SIXTH RESOLUTION
Renewal of Mr. John L. Vogelstein as Director
The General Shareholders Meeting, voting under the quorum and majority conditions for ordinary
general meetings,
after having heard a reading of the Board of Directors management report, acknowledging that the
term of the Directors office of John L. Vogelstein expires at the end of this meeting,
decides to renew his office for one (1) year, to expire at the end of the General Shareholders
Meeting convened to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007.
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John L. Vogelstein has declared that he complied with all the conditions required by applicable
laws and regulations in order to hold such office.
SEVENTH RESOLUTION
Renewal of Mr. Stephen H. Willard as Director
The General Shareholders Meeting, voting under the quorum and majority conditions for ordinary
general meetings,
after having heard a reading of the Board of Directors management report, acknowledging that the
term of the Directors office of Stephen H. Willard expires at the end of this meeting,
decides to renew his office for one (1) year, to expire at the end of the General Shareholders
Meeting called on to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007.
Stephen H. Willard has declared that he complied with all the conditions required by applicable
laws and regulations in order to hold such office.
EIGHTH RESOLUTION
Renewal of Mr Lodewijk J.R. De Vink as Director
The General Shareholders Meeting, voting under the quorum and majority conditions for ordinary
general meetings,
after having heard a reading of the Board of Directors management report, acknowledging that the
term of the Directors office of Lodewijk J.R. De Vink expires at the end of this meeting,
decides to renew his office for one (1) year, to expire at the end of the General Shareholders
Meeting convened to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2007.
Lodewijk J.R. De Vink has declared that he complied with all the conditions required by applicable
laws and regulations in order to hold such office.
NINTH RESOLUTION
Determination of the annual amount of Directors attendance fees
After having heard a reading of the Board of Directors management report, the General
Shareholders Meeting voting under the quorum and majority conditions for ordinary general
meetings,
decides to allocate to the Board of Directors, under condition of adoption of resolution three to
eight, a maximum aggregate amount of 400,000 euros as annual attendance fees (jetons de presence)
for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007.
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The General Shareholders Meeting acknowledges that the Board will determine the allocation and
payment date of said attendance fees.
TENTH RESOLUTION
Approval of agreements referred to in article L. 225-38 et seq. of the Commercial Code
After having heard a reading of the Board of Directors management report, and the statutory
auditors special report regarding the agreements referred to in article L. 225-38 et seq. of the
Commercial Code,
the General Shareholders Meeting voting under the quorum and majority conditions for ordinary
general meetings,
approves the agreements entered into or previously authorized and which remained into force during
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, together with the transactions mentioned therein.
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ELEVENTH RESOLUTION
Authorization to be granted to the Board of Directors for allocation of five hundred thousand
(500,000) stock options and taking note of the resulting capital increases.
After having heard a reading of the report of the Board of Directors and of the special report of
the Statutory Auditor, the General Shareholders Meeting decides to authorize the Board of
Directors, for a term of thirty eight months, to grant, in one or several times, in accordance with
Articles L. 225-177 et seq. of the Commercial Code, for the benefit of employees of the Company or
of some of them, as well as for the benefit of executive officers, as referred to in Article L.
225-185 paragraph 4 of the Commercial Code, a maximum number of five hundred thousand (500,000)
options giving right to the subscription for shares of the Company to be issued as capital increase
of the Company.
After having taken cognizance of the report of the Board of Directors, the General Shareholders
Meeting decides that each option shall entitle to the subscription for one share of the Company and
that the subscription price of each share by the beneficiary(ies) of the options, which shall be
determined by the Board of Directors on the date when such options are granted by the Board, will
be the market price for the share, in the form of ADS, on the NASDAQ, on the day preceding the date
of the meeting of the Board of Directors, provided that such price shall not be less than 80% of
the average of the market price for the share on the NASDAQ, in the form of ADS, during the last
twenty trading days preceding the meeting. In this case, the price for the share shall be equal or
superior to 80% of the average of the market price for the share on the NASDAQ, in the form of ADS,
during the last twenty trading days preceding the meeting.
The price of the shares, thus determined by the Board of Directors, may not subsequently be
modified during the option period. However, in accordance with Article L. 225-181 paragraph 2 of
the Commercial Code, when the Company conducts a share capital redemption or a share capital
reduction, a change in the profit distribution, a free allocation of shares, an incorporation of
reserve,
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profit, share premium to the share capital, a distribution of reserves or any issue of shares or of
securities giving right to the allocation of shares with a preferential right to subscribe shares
reserved to the shareholders, the Company shall take all necessary measures to protect the
interests of the options beneficiaries pursuant to article L. 228-99 of the Commercial Code.
The General Shareholders Meeting decides that the options shall be exercised within a maximum
ten-year term as from the date they were granted by the Board of Directors.
The General Shareholders Meeting decides to authorize the Board of Directors and to grant it all
powers in order to:
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set the terms and conditions of grant of the options, freely determine the
beneficiaries of such options, subject to the provisions of applicable laws and
regulations, and, within such framework, if it considers it appropriate, set the obligation
for each beneficiary to be an employee of the Company and/or of the companies referred to
in Article L. 225-180-I of the Commercial Code, and/or to be an officer of the Company
within the meaning of Article L. 225-185 paragraph 4 of the Commercial Code, at the time of
the exercise of the options; |
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set, if it considers it appropriate, a period of untransferability of the subscribed
shares, in accordance with the conditions provided by applicable laws and regulations, |
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set the subscription price of the shares to which the options thus granted give right,
in accordance with the terms and conditions determined by the Extraordinary General
Shareholders Meeting, |
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set the exercise period(s) of the options thus granted, subject to the prohibitions
and/or limitations provided by applicable laws and regulations and the by-laws in this
regard, at the times that it will deem to be appropriate. |
The General Shareholders Meeting decides to authorize the Board of Directors and to grant it all
powers for the purpose of issuing a maximum of 500,000 shares with an approximate nominal value of
0.12196 euros, and accordingly, increasing the share capital in a maximum nominal amount of 60,980
euros.
The General Shareholders Meeting acknowledges that, in accordance with Article L. 225-178
paragraph 1 of the Commercial Code, the authorization thus granted to the Board of Directors
entails, for the benefit of options beneficiaries, express waiver, by the shareholders, of the
preferential right to subscribe for the shares that will be issued subsequently to the exercise of
options.
The General Shareholders Meeting accordingly decides to authorize the Board and to grant it all
powers in order to:
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Receive the subscriptions and related payments,
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Deposit the funds in a bank account in accordance with the law, |
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Acknowledge the number of shares issued as a consequence of the exercises of the
options granted, in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 225-178 paragraph 3 of the
Commercial Code, to amend the by-laws accordingly and, more generally, |
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Take all measures necessary to implement the capital increase and complete all
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TWELFTH RESOLUTION
Authorization to be granted to the Board of Directors in view of allocating two hundred
thousand (200,000) shares at no cost (free shares) and establishment of the subsequent capital
increases.
The General Meeting, deliberating under the conditions of quorum and majority required for
Extraordinary General Meetings,
after hearing the reading of the report by the Board of Directors and the audit report by the
Statutory Auditors,
in application of Articles L. 225-197-1 et seq. of the Commercial Code:
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authorizes the Board of Directors to proceed, in one or several times, with the free
allocation of the Companys shares, existing or to be issued, for the benefit of the
employees of the Company or the companies and the economic interest groupings which are
linked to it pursuant to the conditions stipulated in Article L. 225-197-2 of the
Commercial Code or for the benefit of the company managers referred to in Article L.
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decides that the Board of Directors shall determine the identity of the beneficiaries,
who can be employees or certain categories thereof of both the company and the companies
which are bound to it directly or indirectly, pursuant to the conditions of Article L
225-197-2 of the Commercial Code and/or the company managers who meet the conditions of
Article L 225-197-1 of the Commercial Code; |
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decides that the Board of Directors shall determine the conditions and, where
appropriate, the criteria for allocation of the shares; |
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decides that the total number of shares free allocated is fixed at 200,000 shares,
excluding adjustment of this number in order to take account of the operations necessary
for preserving the rights of the beneficiary. In any event, the number of shares that can
be allotted free of charge by the Board by virtue of the present delegation cannot exceed
ten percent (10%) of the registered capital existing on the day of the first allocation; |
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decides that allocation of the shares to their beneficiaries will be definitive only on
expiry of a minimum acquisition period of two (2) years and that the minimum duration of
the beneficiarys obligation of conservation at the end of the acquisition period is fixed
at two (2) years, the Board of Directors having the option of extending either of the time
limits. Nonetheless, the shares will be definitively allocated prior to expiry of this
period in the event of disability of the beneficiary corresponding to classification in the
second or third of the categories provided for in Article L 341-4 of the Social Security
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decides, in dispensation from the above, that beneficiaries who are not residents in
France on the allocation date, for whom the taxable event coincides with the end of the
acquisition period, will be allocated the shares definitively on expiry of a minimum
acquisition period of four (4) years, except in the event of disability, as stated above.
These same beneficiaries will then be bound by no period of conservation; |
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takes due cognizance that, concerning the shares to be issued, the present decision
will include, at the end of the acquisition period, a capital increase through
incorporation of reserves, profits or share premiums in favor of the beneficiaries of said
shares and correlative renunciation by the shareholders in favor of said beneficiaries to
the part of the reserves, profits or premiums thus incorporated; |
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fixes at thirty-eight (38) months, as from the date of the present Meeting, the
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delegates all powers to the Board of Directors in order to implement the present
authorization within the limits fixed above and thus determine the effects on the rights of
the beneficiaries of the operations modifying the capital or likely to influence the value
of the shares to be allotted and realized during the periods of acquisition and
conservation; where appropriate, to establish the existence of sufficient reserves and
proceed, at the time of each allotment, with transfer to a non-available reserves account
of the sums required for paying up the new shares to be allotted; to decide on capital
increase(s) through the incorporation of reserves, premiums or profits correlative to the
issuance of new shares allotted free of charge; to proceed with acquisitions of the
necessary shares by means of offers of sale made to all shareholders proportionally to the
number of ordinary shares held by each of them; to take all useful measures for ensuring
compliance with the obligation of conservation required of the beneficiaries; and,
generally, to do everything, within the scope of the regulations in force, that the
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takes due cognizance of the fact that, in the event that the Board of Directors should
make use of this authorization, it shall inform the Ordinary General Meeting each year of
the operations performed by virtue of the provisions stipulated in Articles L. 225-197-1 to
L. 225-197-3 of the Commercial Court pursuant to the conditions stipulated by Article L.
225-197-4 of said Code. |
THIRTEEN RESOLUTION
Authorization to be granted to the Board of Directors for issue of a maximum number of one hundred
and fifty thousand (150,000) stock warrants (BSA) reserved for a category of persons consisting of
the companys directors who are neither authorized agents nor employees of the company, but
including the Chairman of the Board of Directors; authorization to be granted to the Board of
Directors for carrying out the resulting capital increases.
The General Shareholders Meeting, voting under the quorum and majority requirements for
extraordinary general meetings, after having heard a reading of the Board of Directors report and
Statutory Auditors special report, acknowledging that the share capital of the Company is fully
paid up,
in accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 225-138 and L. 228-91 et seq. of the Commercial
Code,
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decides to authorize the Board to issue 150,000 warrants (BSA) for a
subscription price to be paid up in cash and determined by the Board based on the
evaluation of an independent expert. Such evaluation shall be the fair value of the
warrants (BSA) which will be in part a function of the subscription price of the shares to
be determined by the Board, in accordance with the provisions set forth in paragraph 3
below. The subscription amount of these warrants (BSA), if any, will be registered in a
special reserve account labeled issue premium which will carry rights for all
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decides to cancel the preferential right of subscription attributed to the shareholders
by Article L. 225-132 of the Commercial Code and to reserve the subscription of these
150,000 warrants (BSA), to the following category of beneficiaries: Directors of the
Company who are not officers and/or employees of the Company, but including the Chairman |
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decides that each warrant (BSA) will give its holder, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth hereafter and in the Boards decision to issue the warrants (BSA), the
right to subscribe to one share of the Company for a subscription price which shall be the
market price for the share, in the form of ADS, on the NASDAQ, on the closing of the trades
on the day preceding the decision of the Board to issue such warrants (BSA), provided that
such price shall not be less than 80% of the average of the market price for the share on
the NASDAQ, in the form of ADS, during the last twenty trading days preceding such Boards
decision. In this case, the price for the share shall be equal to 80% of the average of the
market price for the share on the NASDAQ, in the form of ADS, during the last twenty
trading days preceding such Boards decision; |
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resolves that the shares thus subscribed upon exercise of the warrants (BSA) shall be
fully paid up on the date of their subscription, either in cash or by offset of debt in the
conditions laid down by law; |
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decides that each warrant (BSA) shall be exercised by its holder in accordance with the
conditions set forth by the Boards decision to issue the warrants (BSA), provided that
such exercise shall occur within five years from the issuance date and that the holder is
still a member of the Board of Directors of the Company on the day of such exercise; |
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If its holder fails to exercise the warrant in whole or in part at the expiry of the
above mentioned period, the warrant (BSA) and the attached right to subscribe will lapse
automatically; |
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decides that, as of, at the issuance date of the warrants (BSA), the Company will be
entitled to: |
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conduct any change in its corporate organization,
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conduct any change in its corporate purpose, |
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change the allocation rule of its profits and to redeem its share capital,
subject to the Company taking all the necessary measures to protect the warrants
holders pursuant to Article L. 228-99 of the Commercial Code, |
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issue preferred shares subject to the Company taking all the necessary measures to protect
the warrants holders pursuant to Article L. 228-99 of the Commercial Code; |
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decides that, in the event the Company issues, under any circumstances, new shares with
a preferential right to subscribe reserved to its shareholders, or if the Company conducts
a distribution of its reserves, in cash or in kind, and of its share premiums or if the
Company changes the allocation of its profits through the issuance of preferred shares, the
Company will take all the necessary measures to protect the interests of the warrants
holders pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 228-99 of the Commercial Code; |
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decides that, in the case of a capital reduction, motivated or not by losses, and
conducted through either a decrease of the par value of the shares or a decrease of the
number of shares, the warrants holders rights will be decreased accordingly as if they had
been exercised, before the date when the capital decrease has become final; |
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acknowledges that, pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 228-103 et seq. of the
Commercial Code, the warrants holders will all be grouped together in order to defend
their common interests, in an assembly (a masse) with a civil personality. General
warrants holders meetings will be convened to authorize any changes in the issuance terms
and conditions and to decide on any decision regarding the conditions of subscription or
allocation of the shares as set forth at the time issuance took place. Each warrant will
give access to one voting right. The conditions regarding the quorum and the majority will
be those determined in the second and third paragraph of Article L. 225-96 of the
Commercial Code. The expenses incurred in
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connection with such meetings, as well as, generally, any expenses in connection with the
assembly (masse) will be borne by the Company; |
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Consequently and in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 228-91 of the
Commercial Code, authorizes the issue of a maximum of 150.000 new ordinary shares of an
approximate nominal value of 0.12 euro each to which exercise of warrants (BSA) will give
rise, that is, a capital increase of an approximate maximum nominal amount of 18,294 euros,
without taking into account, as the case may be, any additional shares that may be issued
to protect the interests of the warrants holders pursuant to the provisions of Article L.
228-99 of the Commercial Code; |
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decides that the new shares remitted to the subscriber on exercise of the warrant will
be subject to all the provisions of the bylaws of the Company and will carry distribution
rights from the date of their creation; |
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acknowledges that, in accordance with Article L. 225-132 paragraph 6 of the Commercial
Code, the decision of the General Shareholders Meeting automatically entails the waiver by
the shareholders of their preferential rights in respect of the shares which may be issued
upon exercise of the warrants (BSA), for the benefit of the holders of the above-mentioned
150,000 warrants (BSA); |
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decides that this authorization is granted for a term of eighteen (18) months starting
from the date of this General Shareholders Meeting; |
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acknowledges that, such warrants (BSA) shall be issued within a maximum period of
eighteen (18) months from the date of the General Meeting in accordance with Article L.
225-138 of the Commercial Code; |
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decides to grant the Board of Directors with all necessary powers to implement this
decision under the terms and conditions set by the present resolution and by law, and in
particular: |
- to issue and fix the subscription price of the warrants (BSA)
- to determine the beneficiaries amongst the category defined by this resolution,
- to fix the issue price of the shares to be subscribed upon exercise of the warrants (BSA)
in accordance with terms and conditions set by the present resolution, the dates, periods
and conditions of subscription and final details of the issue within the limits laid down by
this general meeting of shareholders and to allocate the issue premium, as the case may be,
- to close the subscription period early or extend its date, if required,
- to gather the subscriptions and payments in respect of the subscription for the
aforementioned warrants (BSA),
- to record the number of shares issued on exercise of the warrants (BSA) and carry out any
formalities resulting from the corresponding increases in share capital and make the
corresponding amendments to the bylaws,
- to take any action required to ensure the protection of the warrant holder in the event of
financial operations relating to the Company, in accordance with the legal and regulatory
provisions in force, and generally, to take any action and carry out any formality which is
useful in respect of this issue.
FOURTEEN RESOLUTION
Authorization to be granted to the Board of Directors for increasing the share capital by issues of
shares reserved for the members of a company saving plan established in application of Articles
L.443-5 et seq. of the Labour Code.
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The General Shareholders Meeting, voting under the quorum and majority requirements for
extraordinary general meetings, after having heard a reading of the Board of Directors report and
Statutory Auditors special report, acknowledging that the share capital of the Company is fully
paid up, in accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 225-129, L. 225-129-1, L. 225-129-6 and L.
225-138-1 of the Commercial Code and Article L. 443-5 et seq. of the Labor Code,
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authorizes the Board of Directors to carry out, on one or more occasions, on its own
resolution, an increase of the share capital, through the issuance of shares reserved,
directly or through an Employee Profit Sharing FCP (Fonds commun de placement
dentreprise), to members of a company sponsored saving plan, as provided for in Article
L. 443-1 et seq. of the Labor Code, for employees of the Company or its affiliates, as
defined under Article L. 225.180 of the Commercial Code, who shall meet additional criteria
to be defined by the Board, if any (the Group Employees); |
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decides to cancel, in favor of those Group Employees, the preferential subscription
rights of the shareholders set forth in Article L. 225-132 of the Commercial Code, to the
shares to be issued under this resolution; |
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decides that this authorization is granted for a term of twenty-six (26) months
starting from the date of this General Shareholders Meeting; |
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decides to set at 1% of the share capital, as of the date of this meeting, the issuance
of shares that could result from the use of this authorization; |
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decides that the subscription price per share for the shares to be issued in accordance
with this authorization shall be determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with
Article L. 443-5 of the Labor Code; |
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decides to grant the Board of Directors with all powers necessary to implement this
resolution in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and subject to the
limitations and conditions specified above; |
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acknowledges that, in the event the Board uses this authorization, it shall so inform
the next ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the operations in accordance with
applicable laws and regulations. |
FIFTEENTH RESOLUTION
Powers for formalities.
The General Shareholders Meeting grants a power of attorney to the bearer of an original, an
except or a copy hereof, in order to effect all publication, filing and other formalities required
by law.
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exv99w3
Exhibit 99.3
Translated
from French
FLAMEL TECHNOLOGIES
A Société Anonyme with a stated capital of 2 925 755 euros
Registered office:
Parc Club du Moulin à Vent
33 avenue du Docteur Georges Lévy
69693 VENISSIEUX France
379 001 530 RCS Lyon
MANAGEMENT REPORT BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TO THE ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS MEETING
HELD ON 15 MAY 2007
To the Shareholders
Pursuant to French law and the Companys Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors has
called an Ordinary SHAREHOLDERS MEETING to present to you the report concerning the Companys
situation and business during the financial year ending on 31 December 2006 (the Financial Year)
and to submit the annual financial statements concerning the said Financial Year for your approval.
In addition, we propose to you that you renew the terms of the directors for the coming year.
At the said Ordinary SHAREHOLDERS MEETING, you will hear a reading of the reports by the auditor.
The said reports, the management report, the annual financial statements as well as all documents
relating thereto were made available to you at the registered office under the legal and regulatory
conditions.
The annual financial statements presented to you have been established in accordance with the
French accounting laws, principles and methods.
You will kindly note that the accounting methods used in established the said annual financial
statements are the same as the ones used for the previous financial years.
I. The Companys activity
The financial year ending on 31/12/2006 represents a key year for FLAMEL, more particularly marked
by the marketing authorization granted by the FDA for the CoregCR product, developed in partnership
with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), and which will be marketed by GSK before the end of the first quarter
of 2007.
Finalization of this project required construction of a new production unit at our Pessac site,
making it possible to start manufacture of the commercial batches in 2006. Our Pessac site was
successfully audited and approved by the FDA.
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This project marks a noteworthy and very positive advance for our company, which is going to be
able to base its development, both in terms of research and development and in terms of business
development, on this success.
To deal with the forecasts for increased production at the site, Flamel has started work on
extending its Micropump® pilot. GlaxoSmithKline has committed itself to financing the project to
the extent of 5.5 million euros, in exchange for exclusive use of the pilot after completion of the
work for a period of three years.
Moreover, the company continued to develop its two technological platforms, Micropump® and Medusa®,
throughout the year 2006, particularly with the development of a single polymer for Medusa® and its
application to the Basulin® project.
II. Results of the financial year activity
The following results have been established in accordance with the French accounting standards.
1. Operating profit
The operating revenues for the 2006 financial year come to 20.6 million euros, compared with
17.5 million euros in 2005. The 2006 revenues include 1.6 million euros in sales of products, 16.4
million euros in revenue from licenses and research, and 0.5 million euros in royalties.
The salaries and social charges, representing 39% of the operating charges, rose by 21.8 in
2006 to 17.7 million euros, compared with 14.5 million euros in 2005. This increase is mainly due
to the increase in the number of employees, particularly in connection with development of the
production activity in Pessac for GSK and the CoregCR project (302 employees on 31/12/2006 against
254 employees on 31/12/2005).
The operating charges are down by comparison with 2005 following the decline of the
expenditures relating to the clinical studies following the complete review of the research
projects during the financial year. This reduction of expenditures was partly offset by the
increased payroll charges resulting from a marked staff increase, at the Pessac site, for
production of CoregCR.
The financial net income, standing at 1.2 million euros in 2006, comes mainly from financial
revenue generated by investing our available cash.
The loss before taxes and extraordinary earnings in 2006 came to 22.5 million euros, compared
with a loss of 27.8 million euros in 2005.
In view of an extraordinary profit of 3.5 million euros and of a research tax credit amounting
to 1.7 million euros, the net loss for the financial year comes to 17,259,532 euros, compared with
a net loss of 20,705,494 euros for the previous financial year.
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2. Balance sheet
Assets
Total assets come to 90.7 million euros, including 21.7 million euros in fixed assets and 68
million euros in current assets.
Accounts receivable at the end of the financial year stood at 4.2 million euros.
The short-term investment securities come to 47 million euros at the end of 2006, including
investment funds invested on the money market and time deposits, to be compared with 70.1 million
euros at end-2005.
Liabilities
The net worth, taking the 2006 losses into account, comes to 72.5 million euros.
The rest of the liabilities come to 18.2 million euros, including 7.2 million euros in accounts
payable, 2.1 million euros in repayable advances from the French administration, and 4.7 million
euros in social and taxation liabilities.
3. Investments made
The physical investments made during the financial year come to 13.3 million euros, and went mainly
into research and development activities and development in Pessac of a production unit for GSKs
COREG project.
4. Financing
The Company did not make any external financing transactions during the 2006 financial year.
No important events having a material effect on the annual financial statements for 2006 occurred
between 1 January 2007 and the date of the present management report.
Nevertheless, we remind you that your Board of Directors recorded the capital increase following
exercise of 257 000 options and the subscription to 27,000 equity warrants for an amount of
34,636,64 , increasing the share capital to 2,925,755 .
The financial statements is subject to approval by the SHAREHOLDERS MEETING. (first
resolution)
III. Progress Made Difficulties Encountered
The company made considerable progress in 2006, and the most important points were as follows:
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The registration of CoregCR, and the audit and approval of our Pessac site by the FDA. |
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FLAMEL modified its strategy in connection with its Medusa® platform along the lines of
simplification and rationalization with development of a single polymer applicable to all
current and future developments. |
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Several feasibility studies in connection with both Micropump® and Medusa® were launched
with various partners, which could wind up in some new partnerships in the future. |
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The development of our polymer technologies for application to Medusa® |
IV. Appropriation of the Earnings
The financial statements presented to you show that the net income for the financial year is a loss
of 17,259,532 euros.
We propose to you to appropriate this entire loss of 17,0259,532 to the retained earnings account,
which, following that appropriation, will amount to 74,505,317 euros (second resolution).
V. Purchases of its own shares made by the Company
None.
VI. Dividends paid for the last three financial year and the corresponding
Tax Credit
We inform you, pursuant to Article 243 bis of the General Taxation Code, that no dividends were
distributed during the last three financial years.
VII. Non deductible charges
During the financial year the company recorded 17,145 euros in excess depreciation that is not
tax-deductible.
In the 2006 financial year the company also incurred 424,653 euros in Directors attendance fees
that are not tax deductible.
VIII. Important events occurring between the end of the financial year and
the date of the present report
In December 2006, Flamel filed suit against Mr Gérard SOULA, its previous President and Chief
Executive Officer, who was served with a writ in 2007.
We believe that Flamel has a very good chance of winning its case in connection with this dispute,
and if that does not occur, we do not think that the consequences would have a significant impact
on the company.
We also inform you that the CoregCR product was officially launched at the end of the first quarter
of 2007.
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IX. Anticipated developments for the Company Prospects
The Board of Directors anticipates the following developments in 2007:
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the anticipated continuation and development of collaboration with
GlaxoSmithKline following the launch of the CoregCR product. |
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the anticipated continuation of use of the Micropump® and Medusa® technologies
with other products, particularly within the framework of feasibility studies with
pharmaceutical companies, as well as in internally-financed projects. |
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the creation of new research and development partnerships in order to
facilitate the marketing of various projects. |
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A continuation of innovative scientific research in connection with possible
extensions of the existing technological platforms. |
The anticipated revenue and the present cash position will enable the company to finance its
activity and its development in 2007.
X. The Companys research and development activities
Micropump®
A shift to commercial activity during the 2006 financial year on the basis of the research and
development activities carried out in partnership with GSK since conclusion of the licensing
contract in 2003.
Continuation of the formulation of our Trigger Lock technology, which makes it possible to reduce
or eliminate misuse of opioids.
Medusa®
The work done on Basulin enabled Flamel to improve its formulation, and a phase I study should be
scheduled for 2007.
The 2006 financial year brought the finalization and the public presentation of the phase I and II
studies of Interferon alpha XL.
The 2006 financial year also saw finalization and the public presentation, at the ASCO conference
in June, of the phase I and II studies of Interleukin 2 XL.
XI. Table of earnings for the last five financial years
Pursuant to Article 148 of Rule No. 67-236 of 23 March 1967, you will find attached the table
summarizing the companys earnings in each of the last five financial years.
(Cf. Appendix 1)
XII. Employees
As of 31 December 2006, there were 302 employees.
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XIII. Capital
As of 31 December 2006, the companys capital stood at 2,925,755 euros, consisting of 23,990,590
shares. Some 99.42% of share the capital is listed on the Nasdaq in the form of ADS, through the
Bank of New York.
XIV. Conventions mentioned in Articles L 225-38 et seq. of the Code of
Commerce
Please note that the auditor has drawn up a special report, submitted to you, indicating that
certain conventions mentioned in Articles L.225-38 et seq. of the Code of Commerce were concluded
or renewed during the last financial year.
We ask you to approve and/or ratify, as the case may be, any convention mentioned in Articles
L.225-38 et seq. of the Code of Commerce that have been concluded or renewed during the financial
year, and which might appear in the auditors report. (tenth resolution)
XV. Management of the Company and his board
The duration of the term as a company director of Messrs Elie Vannier, Cor Boonstra, Frédéric
Lemoine, Lodewijk J. R. de Vink, John L. Vogelstein and Stephen H. Willard expire at the end of the
Ordinary SHAREHOLDERS MEETING to which you are invited, so we propose to you to renew their terms
for a duration of one (1) year, namely until the Ordinary SHAREHOLDERS MEETING to be held to
approve the financial statements for the financial year ending on 31 December 2007. (third,
fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eight resolutions)
XVI. Determination of the directors attendance fees
In view of the directors participation, the level of their responsibilities and the companys
strong financial position, we propose to you that the amount of four hundred thousand (400,000)
euros be assigned to the Board of Directors as annual attendance fees, the distribution and
breakdown thereof to be decided by the Board of Directors. (ninth resolution)
We also propose that the directors be allowed to acquire, at the market price, a maximum of one
hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) autonomous stock warrants (BSA). (thirteenth
resolution)
XVII. Total compensation and fringe benefits of all kinds paid to each of
the authorized agents by the company and its subsidiaries during the past financial
year
For the year 2006, Mr Elie Vannier, Chairman of the Board of Directors, received 70,000 euros in
attendance fees and 25,000 autonomous stock warrants (BSA).
For the year 2006, Mr Stephen H Willard, Managing Director, received total compensation of 592,929
euros, including 546,895 euros paid by Flamel Technologies Inc as his salary and 46,034 euros in
fringe benefits. He also received 100,000 stock options.
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XVIII. Mandates and functions exercised in any company, during the past
financial year, by each of the companys authorized agents
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Mr Elie Vannier, President (Chairman) |
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Mr Vannier is also a director and Chairman of the Promod SA compensation committee as well
as Managing Director of Grandvision SA and director or Vice President of several GrandVision
SA subsidiaries. |
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Mr Stephen H. Willard, Chief Executive Officer |
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Mr Willard is also Chief Executive Officer of Flamel Technologies Inc and a Director, and
non executive Vice Chairman, of ETRADE Financial, Corp. |
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Mr Cor Boonstra, director |
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Mr Boonstra is also a director of Hunter Douglas, Koop Holding and Breckenborg Holding. |
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Mr Frédéric Lemoine, director |
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Mr Frédéric Lemoine is also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Areva, a director and
Chairman of the audit committee of Groupama SA, a member of the Supervisory Board of
Générale de Santé and Manager of Lemoine Conseil et Entreprises (LCE) SARL. |
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Mr John L. Vogelstein, director |
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Mr John L. Vogelstein is also a Senior Advisor and Vice President of Warburg Pincus LLC, a
director de Mattel Inc, and a director of Journal Register Co. |
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Mr Lodewijk J. R. de Vink, director |
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Mr Lodewijk J. R. de Vink is also a director and a member of the audit, compensation and
corporate governance committee of Alcon, a director and a member of the compensation
committee of Roche, a director and a member of the European Board of Rothschild and a
director and member of Sothebys international advisory committee. |
XIX. Acquisition of significant holdings in companies having their
registered offices in France and acquisitions of control
Our company now holds 100% of its Flamel Technologies Inc. subsidiary.
XX. Employee shareholding, directly or by way of a company investment fund or
savings plan
As of 31 December 2006, the employees directly possessed 25,895 shares of the company, making 0.11%
of the capital.
We remind you that on 12/12/2006, your Board of Directors decided to allocate 106,000 free shares
to the companys employees, on the basis of a delegation of power that you granted on 24/10/2005.
The conditions for allocating the said free shares provide for an acquisition duration of two
years, at the end of which the employees will actually be the owners of the Flamel shares awarded
to them subject to the existence of their employment contract on that
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date. The allocated shares will then have to be kept for a new period of two years, following which
they may be disposed of freely.
We propose to you to grant us a new delegation of power for purposes of implementing a new plan for
allocation of free shares as well as a new stock option plan. You will find details concerning the
plans in that report issued in that connection. (eleventh and twelfth resolutions)
The Board invites you after reading the reports by the auditor, to discuss these matters and vote
on the resolutions submitted to you.
The Board of Directors
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37 680 303.02 |
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27 197 059.79 |
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17 454 801.51 |
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4 070 438.96 |
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13 826 400.73 |
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-3 444 473.62 |
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a) Résultat après impot et participation
des salariés mais avant amortissements et
provisions |
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0.29 |
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salariés, amortissements et provisions |
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0.21 |
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0.60 |
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a) Effectif moyen des salariés pendant
lexercice |
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139 |
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166 |
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221 |
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154 |
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5 441 633.23 |
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6 449 859.79 |
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8 202 298.68 |
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10 168 449.22 |
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11 368 518.68 |
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c) Montant
des sommes versées au titre des
avantages sociaux (sécurité sociale, oeuvres
sociales, etc...) |
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2 323 893.56 |
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2 872 888.98 |
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3 636 093.62 |
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4 360 234.12 |
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6 321 735.63 |
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9
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APPENDIX 2
REPORT CONCERNING DELEGATIONS MADE TO THE BOARD
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AUTHORIZATION GRANTED BY AN EXTRAORDINARY |
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SHAREHOLDERS MEETING TO THE BOARD |
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IMPLEMENTATION BY THE BOARD |
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10 May 1996
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Plan 96 stock options
1,000,000 securities
Capital increase of
121,959
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November 2006
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20,000 options
exercised
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2,439
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28 March 2007 |
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20 November 2000
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Plan 2000 stock options
1,000,000 securities
Capital increase of 121.959
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January 2006
February 2006
April 2006
June 2006
September 2006
October 2006
November 2006
December 2006
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5,000 options
exercised
10,000 options
exercised
25,000 options
exercised
2,500 options
exercised
2,500 options
exercised
45,000 options
exercised
22,000 options
exercised
10,000 options
exercised
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610
1,220
3,049
305
305
5,488
2,683
1,220
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28 March 2007
28 March 2007
28 March 2007
28 March 2007
28 March 2007
28 March 2007
28 March 2007
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19 December 2001
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Plan 2001 stock options
750,000 securities
Capital increase of
91.469
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February 2006
March 2006
November 2006
December 2006
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35,000 options
exercised
10,000 options
exercised
30,000 options
exercised
20,000 options
exercised
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4,269
1,220
3,659
2,439
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28 March 2007
28 March 2007
28 March 2007
28 March 2007 |
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18 February 2003
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Plan 2003 stock options
1,000,000 securities
Capital increase of
121.959
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March 2006
October 2007
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5,000 options
exercised
5,000 options
exercised
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610
610
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28 March 2007
28 March 2007 |
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7 November 2003
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Plan 2004 stock options
1,000,000 securities
Capital increase of
121.960
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February 2006
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10,000 options
exercised
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1,220
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28 March 2007 |
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4 March 2005
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Issue of 40 000 warrants
Capital increase of 4.878
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June 2006
December 2006
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2,000 warrants
exercised
5,000 warrants
exercised
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244
610
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28 March 2007
28 March 2007 |
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4 March 2005
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Plan 2005 stock options
1.500,000 securities
Capital increase of 182.940
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24 October 2005
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Issue of 250,000 warrants
Capital increase of 30,490
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November 2006
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20,000 warrants
exercised
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2,439
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24 October 2005
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200,000 free shares
Capital increase of 24,392
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12 June 2006
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Issue of 150,000 warrants.
Capital increase of 18,294
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10
exv99w4
Exhibit
99.4
FLAMEL TECHNOLOGIES
A Société Anonyme with a stated capital of 2,925,755 euros
Registered office:
Parc Club du Moulin à Vent
33 avenue du Docteur Georges Lévy
69693 VENISSIEUX France
379 001 530 RCS Lyon
CHAIRMANS REPORT ON THE CONDITIONS FOR PREPARATION AND
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE INTERNAL
CONTROL POLICIES
PRESENTED TO
THE COMBINED SHAREHOLDERS MEETING
HELD ON 15 MAY 2007
Gentlemen
Please find below a description of the conditions regarding preparation and organization of the
Board of Directors (the Board) (I) and the internal control procedures installed by the Company
(II).
I.
Conditions regarding preparation and organization of the Board of Directors
As of 31 December 2006, 99.42% of the Companys share capital was deposited in the Bank of New
York, the ADR relating thereto being held by the public on the American market.
0.58% of the share capital is held by various individuals, including 0.11% by the companys
employees.
The Board consists of 6 members, each appointed for one year.
The main characteristics expected in a Board member are (i) desire to develop thorough knowledge of
the Companys activity and strategy and take part in its development, (ii) judgement of the
Companys business environment, (iii) his ability to work with others, (iv) courage in expressing a
contrary opinion, (v) sense of responsibility, (vi) and integrity.
A. Conditions regarding preparation of the Board of Directors work
The Boards activities are directed by the Chairman of the Board.
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The Chairman of the Board:
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organizes and directs the Boards work; |
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ensures that the directors are able to carry out their duties; |
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ensures that they receive the information and documents needed for carrying out their duties; and |
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ensures that the representatives of the Works Council are called on and that they receive all information and
documents required for performance of their duties. |
B. Conditions regarding the organization of the Board of Directors work
The Chairman organizes the Boards activities. The Board meets at least once a year to close out
the financial statements, and whenever necessary depending on developments in the Companys
activity.
In 2006, the Board met 7 times in response to notices issued by the Chairman.
The attendance rate was 100% in 2006, except for three Board meetings where one member (a different
one each time) was absent. All meetings of the Board of Directors were chaired by the Board
Chairman.
The two representatives of the Works Council attended all of the Board meetings except for two at
which only one was present.
The minutes concerning each Board meeting are submitted for approval by the Board members by the
Chairman. The minutes are entered in the Companys register, after signature by the Chairman, one
director and the secretary.
At the time of each Board meeting, the directors receive all documents required for performance of
their duties. In the intervals between Board meetings, the directors regularly receive any
significant information concerning the Company.
II.
Internal control procedures
The Company has established committees and instituted procedures making it possible to audit
compensation, preparation and certification of the financial statements, information for the
public, and the ethics of the executives and financial senior managers of the Company. A project
was instituted in 2005 to meet the obligations laid down under Article 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley
Act, and at the end thereof, initially scheduled for late 2006, The company Flamel was in
compliance with all provisions of the said law, even though the said expiration date was deferred
solely for certification by the auditors to the 2007 financial year. The management certification
will be incorporated without any exceptions into the documents filed with the SEC. The Audit
Committee was kept informed of progress made in the project at each meeting by the CFO, who handled
the project.
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A. Compensation Committee
A Compensation Committee was appointed by the Board with the assignment of advising, recommending
and monitoring the staffs optional profit-sharing plans and the plans for employee shareholding
determined by the Board, and to help the Board meet its responsibilities relative to the
compensation of (i) the Companys Managing Director (DG), (ii) the Assistant Managing Directors,
if any, and (iii) the other Management executives (CFO and COO). The responsibilities granted or
delegated to the Compensation Committee in the said Charter are granted in all cases subject to the
powers reserved under French law to the Managing Director, the Board and the Shareholders meeting.
The Compensation Committee is authorized to request any required exception to the applicable US
financial laws and regulations, and the NASD rules and regulations, as seems proper to it in the
light of the foregoing. Insofar as is required by the applicable US financial laws and regulations
and the NASD rules and regulations, any exception as well as any lack of compliance will be
reported once a year in the Companys annual report (form
20-F).
The rules governing this Committee were reviewed and approved by the Compensation Committee meeting
held in 2006.
B. Audit Committee
The Audit Committee is appointed by the Board to handle, on the basis of a delegation from the
President and Chief Executive Officer, as required under French law, the designation, compensation
and supervision of the work done by any accounting firm used by the Company, with the exception of
the auditors, and to help the Board in its supervision of the following: (1) the integrity of the
Companys annual financial statements; (2) the adequacy of the Companys internal control system;
(3) the Companys compliance with legal and regulatory standards; (4) the auditors qualifications
and independence; and (5) execution by the external and internal accounting departments employed by
the Company of their functions. On the basis of a special delegation issued by the Chief Executive
Officer, as required under French law, the Audit Committee will hold authority for hiring, and to
obtain assistance and advice from them, outside advisors in the legal, accounting or other domains,
and the Company will provide the corresponding funds required pursuant to a decision by the Audit
Committee. The responsibilities granted or delegated to the Audit Committee in the said Charter are
granted in all cases subject to the powers reserved under French law to the Managing Director, the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Board and the Shareholders meeting. The Audit Committee
is authorized to request any required exception to the applicable US financial laws and
regulations, and the NASD rules and regulations, as seems proper to it in the light of the
foregoing. Insofar as is required by the applicable American financial laws and regulations and
NASD rules and regulations, any exception as well as any lack of compliance will be reported once a
year in the Companys annual report (form 20-F).
The said Committees rules and regulations were reviewed and approved in 2006.
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C. Procedure regarding Advance Approval of the Auditors Services
The Audit Committee has established rules concerning the appointment of the Companys Auditor for
supplying the Company with services. These rules are valid for the auditing services as well as for
other services. The said rules were reviewed in 2006 and are established as follows:
For the auditing services (including the commitments regarding statutory auditing imposed by local
law in the country), the auditor must supply the Audit Committee with a commitment letter during
the financial year summing up the scope of the auditing services that it plans to perform during
the financial year. The said letter, including the budget, must be accepted by the Audit Committee.
All other auditing services are also approved in advance pursuant to a procedure established by the
Audit Committee.
For services other than those relating to control and auditing, the Companys general management,
prior to a commitment, must submit, for the approval of the Audit Committee, the list of the other
services that it advises the Audit Committee to request the Auditors to supply during the financial
year. The said advance approval procedure as for the auditing services has been instituted. The
Companys general management and the Auditor must each provide the Audit Committee with
confirmation that each service appearing in the said list is allowed under all of the applicable
legal standards. A list of the prohibited services was established and approved by the Audit
Committee in 2005, and remains valid for the 2006 financial year.
D. Alert procedures in connection with doubtful accounting and auditing practices
The Audit Committee of the Companys Board of Directors has installed procedures to facilitate
alerts by the employees concerning any information relative to doubtful accounting or auditing
practices.
The said procedures include the alert means available to the employees for reporting doubtful
accounting practices, consideration of such alerts and the inquiry to be conducted, if any, in that
connection. The said procedures were reviewed in 2006 and are established in accordance with the
CNIL recommendations.
E. Disclosure Committee
The Disclosure Committee helps the Managing Director and the Chief Financial Officer or similar
persons (the Senior Executives) meet their responsibility to supervise the accuracy and
observance of the deadlines concerning the information supplied by the Company, by handling the
following tasks:
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Design and establish checks and other procedures within the Company in order to ensure
that the information which the Company must supply in the report that it files or submits
in connection with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are recorded, handled, summed up and
presented within the periods laid down in the rules and the forms, and that the said |
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information is collected and communicated to management, including to the Senior Executives,
in such a way as to make appropriate decisions possible in connection with the information
obligation (Information Checks). |
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Monitor the integrity and effectiveness of the Companys Information Checks |
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Examine and direct preparation of the Companys annual report in form 20-F, the
quarterly reports in form 6-K, any modifications made therein, and any other report or
public information that the Board of Directors or the Audit Committee asks the Committee to
consider and direct. |
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Evaluate the effectiveness of the Information Checks at the end of the period concerned
by the Companys annual report in form 20-F and each quarterly report in form 6-K
(collectively the period reports). |
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Discuss, with the Senior Executives, any relevant information concerning the Committees
work, preparation of the information reports, and evaluation of the effectiveness of the
Companys Information Checks by the Committee. |
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Supply an attestation to Senior Executives prior to the filing with the SEC of each
periodic report relative to (i) the Committees compliance with its rules and procedures
and the proper performance of the responsibilities assigned to it, and (ii) the conclusions
of the Committee resulting from its evaluation of the effectiveness of the Information
Checks. |
F. Code of Ethics for the Managing Director, the Assistant Managing Directors and the executives of
the Financial Department
The Company has rules of conduct at work that apply to all of the Companys senior managers,
employees and executives. The Managing Director, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting
Officer or Controller or persons performing similar duties (collectively the financial department
executives) are bound by the provisions listed therein and which relate to moral conduct,
conflicts of interest and compliance with law.
Elie Vannier
Chairman of the Board of Directors
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exv99w5
Exhibit
99.5
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FLAMEL TECHNOLOGIES
Société Anonyme with capital of 2 925 755 euros
Registered office:
Parc Club du Moulin à Vent
33, avenue du Docteur Georges Lévy
69693 VENISSIEUX (France)
LYON Trade and Companies Register No. 379 001 530
REPORT BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO THE COMBINED SHAREHOLDERS
MEETING HELD ON 15 MAY 2007
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have called you to meet in the form of a SHAREHOLDERS MEETING in order to submit the following
questions to you for your approval as extraordinary matters:
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a project for installation of a new stock option plan bearing on five hundred
thousand (500,000) shares, |
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a project for installation of a new plan for a free allocation of shares bearing on
two hundred thousand (200,000) shares, |
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a project for issue of a total of one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) securities
offering access to the capital, taking the form of autonomous stock warrants (BSA)
reserved for the companys directors who are neither authorized agents nor employees of
the company, but including the Chairman of the Board of Directors, |
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a project for a capital increase reserved for the employees. |
Before informing you of the details about these operations, we would like to remind you that the
2006 financial year, thanks to the extraordinary work done by the Flamel teams, made it possible in
particular to obtain the marketing authorization, granted by the FDA to our GlaxoSmithKline
partner, for the CoregCR product.
You will find all information relative to the events and to the figures for the financial year
ending on 31/12/2006 in your Boards management report.
1. Project for installation of a new stock option plan bearing on five hundred thousand (500
000) shares (Eleventh resolution)
To enable the Company to attract and/or keep talented senior managers and employees, and insofar as
the number of stock options that your Board was authorized to allocate in connection with the
previous plans is almost exhausted, we propose to you to delegate an option to the Board of
Directors, for a duration of thirty-eight months, to grant, all at once or in instalments, pursuant
to Articles L. 225-177 et seq. of the Code of Commerce, to the benefit of the Companys employees
or some such employees, as well as to the benefit of the senior authorized agents, as mentioned in
Article L. 225-185 paragraph 4 of the Code of Commerce, a
maximum of five hundred thousand (500,000) options granting a right to subscription to the Companys shares to be issued as a capital
increase of the Company.
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Each option could create a right to subscription to one Company share, the subscription price of
which, for the beneficiaries of the options, could be determined by the Board of Directors on the
day on which it grants the options.
We remind you in this connection that the Companys securities, even though listed in the form of
ADS (American Depositary Shares) on the NASDAQ, are all the same, in the light of French law,
considered as listed for trading on a regulated market. Hence the subscription price for each share
must be determined in accordance with the objective methods adopted in connection with valuation of
the shares, as provided for in Article L. 225-177, paragraph 4 of the Code of Commerce, on the
basis of appropriate weighting of the network, of the profitability and of the activity prospects
of the business.
It appears in this connection that the most objective valuation method and that most appropriate to
the Companys case is its trading price on the NASDAQ. The fact is that the price of the share, if
calculated as a function of its mathematical value and/or of the net worth, the profitability and
the prospects of the Companys activity, even if weighted, could result, in the light of the
history of the share price, in the form of ADS, on the NASDAQ, in a valuation substantially below
the actual economic value of the share, the trading price of which on the NASDAQ remains the most
objective valuation method.
Hence we propose to you that the price of the share to which each option would create a right could
be valued by the Board of Directors in accordance with the trading price of the share, in the form
of ADS on the NASDAQ, on the day prior to the date of the meeting of the Board of Directors, but
only condition that the said price is no less than 80% of the average trading price of the share on
the NASDAQ, in the form of ADS, during the last twenty trading sessions prior to the said meeting.
In such a case, the price of the share should be equal to or greater than 80% of the average
trading price of the share on the NASDAQ, in the form of ADS, during the last twenty sessions
preceding the said meeting. The said minimum price is the one applicable to companies whose
securities are listed for trading on a regulated market.
As provided for by law, the price of the shares, determined in this way by the Board of Directors,
could not then be modified for the entire duration of the option, unless, pursuant to Article L.
225-181, paragraph 2, of the Code of Commerce, when the Company carries out a redemption or
reduction of the capital, a modification of the distribution of profits, a free allocation of
shares, an incorporation into the capital of reserves, profits or premiums on shares, a
distribution of reserves or any issue of capital securities or of other securities creating a right
to allocation of capital securities including an application right reserved for the shareholders,
it will have to take the steps required for protection of the interests of the beneficiaries of the
options under the conditions laid down in Article L. 228-99 of the Code of Commerce.
The options should be exercised within a maximum period of 10 years starting from the date of their
award to the beneficiaries by the Board of Directors.
Hence we propose to you that you should authorize the Board of Directors and entrust it with full
powers for the following purposes:
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determine the conditions and procedures for allocation of the options, freely
determine the beneficiaries of the said options subject to the legal and regulatory
provisions and, in that connection, lay down, if it considers this appropriate, an
obligation for each beneficiary to be a paid employee of the Company and/or the companies
mentioned in Article L. 225-180 I of the Code of Commerce, and/or being a senior manager
of the Company in the meaning of Article L. 225-185, paragraph 4, of the Code of Commerce,
at the time of exercise of the options, |
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determine, if it considers this appropriate, a period of non-transferability of the shares acquired, under the conditions laid down in law and in the rules and regulations in
effect, |
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determine the subscription price of the shares to which the options as granted in
this way create a right, under the conditions and pursuant to the procedures laid by the
Extraordinary SHAREHOLDERS MEETING, and, |
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determine the period or periods for exercise of the options granted in this way,
subject to the prohibitions and/or limitations provided for by law and in the rules and
regulations in effect and by the Articles of incorporation in this connection, at the
times it considers appropriate. |
As a result of the foregoing authorization, we also propose to you that you should authorize the
Board of Directors and grant it full powers for the purposes of issuing a maximum of 500,000 shares
with a par value of about 0.12196 euros, and hence to increase the capital by a maximum nominal
amount of 60,980 euros.
Pursuant to Article L. 225-178, paragraph 1, of the Code of Commerce, the authorization that would
be granted in this way to the Board of Directors would include, to the benefit of the beneficiaries
of the options, an explicit waiver by the shareholders of their preferential right to subscribe to
the shares to be issued as the options are exercised.
Finally, we propose that you should authorize the Board and fully empower to do the following:
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Receive the applications and the corresponding payments,
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Deposit the funds in a bank account pursuant to law, |
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Record the number of shares issued as a result of the exercises of the options
granted, pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 225-178, paragraph 3, of the Code of
Commerce, and to modify the Articles of incorporation as a result, and more generally |
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To take any appropriate steps to put through the capital increase and to carry out
all formalities required by law. |
2. A project for installation of a new plan for a free allocation of shares to the benefit of
the members of the salaried staff and/or of certain authorized agents (Article L.225-197-1 of the
Code of Commerce) (Twelfth resolution)
We propose that you should delegate the option to the Board of Directors, for a duration of 38
months, to proceed, within the framework of Article L.225-197-1 of the Code of Commerce, with a
free allocation of new shares resulting from a capital increase by incorporation of reserves,
premiums on shares or profits.
The beneficiaries of the said allocations could be:
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The members of the salaried staff or certain categories among them, both of the
Company and of the companies connected with it directly or indirectly, under the
conditions Article L 225-197-2 of the Code of Commerce; |
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The authorized agents meeting the conditions set forth in Article L 225-197-1 of the
Code of Commerce. |
The number of shares that could be allocated free by the Board under the present delegation could
not exceed 10% of the share capital existing on the day of the first
allocation.
We propose that you authorize the Board of Directors to allocate, without charge, two hundred
thousand (200,000) shares at the most.
The allocation of the shares to the beneficiaries will be definitive only at the end of an
acquisition period having a minimum duration of two (2) years starting with the Boards decision to
allocate the shares. However, the shares will be definitively allocated before the end
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period in case of disability of the beneficiary corresponding to classification in the second or
the third of the categories provided for in Article L341-4 of the Social Security Code.
Furthermore, the beneficiaries shall have to keep the shares allocated for a minimum duration of
two years starting with the time of their definitive allocation. As an exception, the shares
allocated shall be freely transferable in case of a request for award filed by the heirs of a
deceased beneficiary or in case of disability of the beneficiary corresponding to their
classification in the above-mentioned categories of the Social Security Code.
As a departure from the foregoing, the beneficiaries who are not French residents on the date of
allocation for whom the generating fact of taxation coincides with the end of the period of
acquisition shall definitively receive the shares at the end of a minimum acquisition period of
four years, except in case of disability, as mentioned above. Those same beneficiaries shall not
then be required to observe any period for keeping the shares.
The Board of Directors shall have the option of increasing the duration of the said minimum
acquisition and preservation periods.
Within the limits set above, the Board shall hold full powers for determine the conditions and, if
the case arises, the criteria for allocation of the shares, determine the identity of the
beneficiaries of the free allocations from among the persons complying with the conditions set
above, as well as the number of shares due to each of them, determine the effects on the
beneficiaries rights of the operations modifying the capital or which might influence the value of
the shares to be allocated and carried out during the periods of acquisition and of preservation,
if the case arises, record the existence of sufficient reserves and carry out, at the time of each
allocation, the transfer to an account of frozen reserves of the amounts required for paying up the
new shares to be awarded, decide on the capital increase or increases by incorporation of reserves,
premiums on shares or profits, related to the issue of the new shares allocated without charge,
carry out the required acquisitions of shares by means of sale offers made to all shareholders in
proportion to the number of ordinary shares held by each of them, take all useful steps to
guarantee respect for the preservation obligation incumbent on the beneficiaries, and generally do,
within the framework of the rules and regulations in effect, everything made necessary by
implementation of the present authorization.
The present authorization shall entail, by right, a waiver by the shareholders of their
preferential application right to the new shares issued by incorporation of reserves, premiums on
shares and profits.
3. Project for issue of a total of one hundred and fifty thousand (150 000) Autonomous Stock
warrants (BSA) reserved for the category of persons consisting of the companys directors who are
neither authorized agents nor employees of the company, but including the Chairman of the Board of
Directors (Thirteenth resolution)
During the present meeting, we will put a proposal to you for renewing the mandates of Messrs. Elie
Vannier (Chairman of the Board of Directors), Cor Boonstra, Frédéric Lemoine, John L. Vogelstein,
Stephen H Willard and Lodewijk J. R. De Vink.
The Company believes the profit-sharing in the form of shares is the most effective way of having
the interests of the directors and of the employees converge, and of keeping key staff.
Hence, and in the light of their important contribution to Company management, we propose to you to
authorize issue of a maximum of one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) stock warrants (BSA) in
the same form as the ones used previously to interest the directors.
In order to give the Board the greatest possible flexibility, we propose that you authorize the
Board to use the said authorization for a period of eighteen months,
and to delegate the powers to
the Board for determining the beneficiaries of the stock warrants (BSA) and the subscription price
of the said stock warrants (BSA) in the light of their fair value.
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This decision to issue stock warrants (BSA) presupposes, if you decide to adopt it, elimination of
the shareholders preferential application rights to the stock warrants (BSA), in order to reserve
subscription thereto for their beneficiaries.
We inform you that with respect to the said one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) stock warrants
(BSA), you will have to suppress the shareholders preferential application right appearing in
Article L. 225-132 of the Code of Commerce, and reserve applications for a category of persons
consisting of the Companys directors who are neither authorized agents nor Company employees, but
including the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
We propose to you that you authorize the Board of Directors to issue a maximum of one hundred and
fifty thousand (150,000) stock warrants (BSA) for a subscription price having to be paid up in full
at the time of subscription by cash payments, and set by the Board of Directors on the basis of a
valuation made by an independent expert. The said valuation shall have to correspond to the fair
value of the stock warrants (BSA), and in particular shall include the subscription price of the
shares as determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with the provisions in the following
paragraph.
We propose to you to decide that an stock warrant (BSA) shall give its holder, subject to the terms
and conditions defined below and by the decision of the Board of Directors relative to the issue of
the stock warrants (BSA), the right to subscribe to one (1) Company share, at a subscription price
to be determined by the Board of Directors with reference to the trading price of the share, in the
form of ADS, on the NASDAQ, at the close of that market on the day preceding the decision by the
Board of Directors relative to the issue of the stock warrants, but only as long as the said price
is no less than 80% of the average trading prices of the share on the NASDAQ, in the form of ADS,
during the last twenty trading sessions prior to the said decision; in that case, the price of the
share shall have to be equal to 80% of the average trading prices of the share on the NASDAQ, in
the form of ADS, during the last twenty sessions preceding the decision by the Board of Directors
relative to issue of the stock warrants.
We propose that you decide that each stock warrant (BSA) may be exercised by its holder subject to
the terms and conditions defined below and decided on by a decision made by the Board on the
occasion of the issue of the stock warrants (BSA), and at the latest
within five (5) years following
their issue, and only as long as the said holder is a member of the Board of Directors on the day
of the said exercise.
We propose that you decide that starting with the time of issue of the stock warrants (BSA), the
Company shall be entitled to do the following:
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subject to taking the steps required for maintaining the rights of the holders of the
stock warrants (BSA) under the conditions laid down in Article L. 228-99 of the Code
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rights of the holders of the stock warrants (BSA) under the conditions laid down in
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We propose that you decide that if the Company decides to issue securities including a preferential
application right for the shareholders, to increase its capital by incorporation of reserves,
profits or premiums on shares, or to distributes reserves in cash or in portfolio securities, or
decides to modify the distribution of its profits by issuing
preferred shares, the Company shall
take the required steps for maintaining the rights of the holders of stock warrants (BSA) under the
conditions defined in Article L. 228-99 of the Code of Commerce.
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We propose that you decide that in case of a reduction of its capital, whether or not that is due
to losses, and carried out by reducing the par value or the number of securities constituting the
capital, the rights of the holders of the stock warrants (BSA) shall be reduced as a result, as if
they had exercised them before the date on which the capital reduction has become final.
We propose that you take note, pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 228-103 et seq. of the Code
of Commerce, that the holders of the stock warrants (BSA) are grouped by right, for defence of
their common interests, into a whole enjoying legal personality. The general meetings of the
holders of the stock warrants (BSA) are called to authorize any modification of the issue contract
and to rule on any decision affecting the conditions regarding subscription to or allocation of
capital securities determined at the time of the issue. Each stock warrants (BSA) creates a right
to one vote. The quorum and majority conditions are the ones established in the second and third
paragraphs of Article L. 225-96 of the Code of Commerce. The meeting expenses as well as, in a
general way, all expenses relating to the functioning of the whole are for the Companys account.
We propose
that you decide on issue of a maximum number of 150,000 Company shares with a par value
of 0.12196 euros each, to which exercise of the stock warrants (BSA) issued will create a right,
namely a capital increase in a maximum nominal amount of 18,294 euros, to which one must add, if
the case arises, a number of additional shares to be issued to safeguard the rights of the holders
of the stock warrants (BSA) under the conditions defined in Article L. 228-99 of the Code of
Commerce.
We propose that you decide that the new shares delivered to the subscriber at the time of exercise
of its stock warrants (BSA) shall be subject to all of the provisions of the Articles of
incorporation, and shall bear dividend rights as of the time of their issue.
We propose that you set the duration of validity of the present authorization at eighteen (18)
months, starting with the date of the present meeting.
We propose that you take note, pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 225-138 of the Code of
Commerce, of the fact that the issue of the stock warrants (BSA) shall have to be carried out
within a period of eighteen (18) months, starting with the date of the present meeting
Finally, we propose that you decide to grant full powers to the Board of Directors to implement the
present authorization, pursuant to the provisions and within the limits to be laid down in your
resolution, and in particular for the following purposes:
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determine the subscription price of the shares to be issued upon exercise of the
stock warrants (BSA), subject to the terms and conditions laid down in your (?)
resolution, the opening and closing dates of the subscriptions, and the definitive
conditions of the said issue, and enter the premium on shares, if any, |
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thereto, |
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out the formalities resulting from the corresponding capital increases and make the
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a financial operation concerning the Company, this pursuant to the legal and regulatory
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in a general way, take all steps and carry out all formalities that are useful in
connection with the present issue. |
4. Proposal to authorize the Board to increase the share capital by issue of shares reserved
for the employees (fourteenth resolution)
Pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 225-126-6 of the Code of Commerce and of Article L. 443-5
of the Labour Code, we remind you that the shareholders must make a decision on a draft resolution
aimed at carrying out a capital increase under the conditions laid down in Article L. 443-5 of the
Labour Code (reserved, directly or through the intermediary of a company investment fund, for the
members of a company savings plan, even in the absence of such a plan within the Company), on the
occasion of each capital increase by cash conveyance that is proposed to them.
As a result of the operations regarding a capital increase listed above, we therefore invite you to
make a decision on the proposed capital increase reserved for the Companys employees (fourteenth
resolution).
Such a resolution implies the suppression of the preferential application right granted to the
shareholders, to the holders of stock warrants and to any other holder of securities offering
access to the Companys capital, pursuant to the applicable legal and regulatory provisions.
In order to comply with this legal requirement, we are submitting for your approval a draft
resolution authorizing the Board of Directors and delegating to it, for a period of twenty-six
months, the powers required for increase in the share capital, in a nominal amount equal at most to
1% of the share capital on the date of the present meeting, to set the issue price under the
conditions laid down in the provisions of Article L. 443-5 of the Labour Code, subject to
supervision by the Auditor, and to determine the number of shares allocated to each beneficiary
pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 225-138 of the Code of Commerce.
We draw your attention to the fact that the Company does not have a company savings plan.
Furthermore, the Board of Directors considers that the present authorization is unnecessary in view
of the Companys situation. Hence we invite you to vote against this resolution.
Powers for formalities (fifteenth resolution)
The fifteenth resolution is a usual one granting the required powers for carrying out the notice
and other formalities to be required in the light of the nature of the present combined
SHAREHOLDERS MEETING of an ordinary and extraordinary nature.
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In the light of the draft resolutions subject to the jurisdiction of the Ordinary Shareholders
Meeting (first to the tenth resolutions), which you will find described in the management report
submitted by your Board of Directors, we advise the shareholders to vote in favour of these
resolutions.
Furthermore, and in the light of the draft resolutions subject to the jurisdiction of the
Extraordinary SHAREHOLDERS MEETING (eleventh to the fifteenth resolutions), we advise the
shareholders to vote in favour of the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth resolutions, and to
vote against the fourteenth resolution.
The Board of Directors
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Exhibit 99.6
+IMPORTANT : avant dexercer votre choix, veuillez prendre connaissance des instructions situées au verso / Before selecting, please see instructions on reverse side |
QUELLE QUE SOIT LOPTION CHOISIE, DATER ET SIGNER AU BAS DU FORMULAIRE / WHICHEVER OPTION IS USED, DATE AND SIGN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FORM |
A ú Je désire assister à cette assemblée et demande une carte dadmission : dater et signer au bas du formulaire / I wish to attend the shareholders meeting and request an admission card : date and sign at the bottom of the form. |
B ú Jutilise le formulaire de vote par correspondance ou par procuration ci-dessous, selon lune des 3 possibilités offertes / I prefer to use the postal voting form or the proxy form as specified below. |
ASSEMBLEE GENERALE MIXTE
ORDINAIRE ET EXTRAORDINAIRE
FLAMEL TECHNOLOGIES du 15 mai 2007 (à 10 heures au siège social) sur 1ère
Société Anonyme au capital de 2.925.755 convocation ou du 22 mai 2007 sur deuxième convocation CADRE RESERVE / For Companys use only
Siège social : Parc Club du Moulin à Vent COMBINED ORDINARY AND EXTRAORDINARY Identifiant / Account
33, avenue du Docteur Georges Lévy GENERAL MEETING Nombre dactions
69693 VENISSIEUX France of May 15th, 2007 (at10.00 am. at the registered office)(1st Number of shares
379 001 530 R.C.S. LYON calling) or May 22nd, 2007 (2nd calling) Nombre de voix / Number of voting rights : |
ú JE DONNE POUVOIR A :
(soit le conjoint, soit un autre actionnaire cf. renvoi (2) au
verso pour me représenter à lassemblée
ú JE DONNE POUVOIR AU PRESIDENT DE LASSEMBLEE GENERALE / I HEREBY APPOINT (you may give your PROXY either to your spouse
Date et signer au bas du formulaire sans rien remplir or to another shareholder see reverse (2) to represent me at
the above-mentioned meeting.
I HEREBY GIVE MY PROXY TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING M., Mme ou Mlle / Mr., Mrs. or Miss :
ú JE VOTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE / I VOTE BY POST Date and sign the bottom of the form without completing it ___
Cf. au verso renvoi (3) See reverse (3) Cf. au verso renvoi (2) See reverse (2) Adresse / Address :___
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Je vote OUI à tous les projets de résolutions présentés ou agréés par le Conseil Sur les projets de résolutions non approuvés ou non agréés par le Conseil
dadministration, à lEXCEPTION de ceux que je signale en noircissant comme ceci n la dadministration, je vote en noircissant comme ceci n la case
case correspondante et pour lesquels je vote NON ou je mabstiens. correspondante à mon choix.
I vote FOR all the draft resolutions presented or approved by the Board of Directors EXCEPT
those indicated by a shaded box like this n for which I vote against or abstain. On the draft resolutions not approved by the Board of Directors, I cast
my vote by shading the box of my choice like thisn.
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Nom, Prénom, Adresse de lactionnaire (si ces informations figurent déjà, les vérifier et les rectifier éventuellement)
7 8 9 10 / Surname, first name, address of the shareholder (if this information is already supplied, please verify and correct if necessary)
Oui/ Non/No Cf. au verso renvoi (1) See reverse (1)
11 12 13 15 Yes Abst/Abs ___
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Si des amendements ou des résolutions nouvelles étaient présentés en assemblée / If amendments or new resolutions are presented during the meeting :
Je donne pouvoir au Président de lA.G. de voter en mon nom / I appoint the Chairman of the meeting to vote on my behalf
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Je mabstiens (labstention équiva
ut à un vote contre) / I abstain from voting (is equivalent to a vote against ........................................................................................................................................
Je donne procuration (cf. au verso renvoi (2)) à M., Mme ou Melle ___pour voter en mon nom / I appoint (see reverse (2)) Mr., Mrs. or Miss / Date et signature :
to vote on my behalf. ................................................................. ___
Sur 2ème convocation / on 2nd notification AGO- AGE
Pour être prise en considération, toute formule doit parvenir au plus tard : Sur 1ère convocation / on 1st notification AGO- AGE / ordinary /ordinary meeting / extraordinary meeting
in order to be considereed, this completed form must be returned at the latest : meeting / extraordinary meeting 19 mai 2007 /May 19, 2007
A la SOCIETE / to the Company 12 mai 2007 / May 12, 2007
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Q U E L L E Q U E S O I T L O P T I O N C H O I S I E l a s i g n a t u r e d e la c t i o n n a i r e e s t i n d i s p e n s a b l e
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(1) Le signataire est prié dinscrire très exactement, dans la zone réservée à cet effet, ses nom (en majuscules dimprimerie), prénom usuel et adresse ; si ces indications figurent déjà sur le formulaire, il est demandé au signataire de les vérifier et, éventuellement, de les rectifier.
Pour les personnes morales, indiquer les nom, prénom et qualité du signataire.
Si le signataire nest pas lui-même un actionnaire (exemple : Administrateur légal, Tuteur, etc.) il doit mentionner ses nom, prénom et la qualité en laquelle il signe le formulaire de vote.
Le formulaire adressé pour une Assemblée vaut pour les autres Assemblées successives convoquées avec le même ordre du jour (Art. 131-3-§3 du décret du 23 mars 1967). |
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POUVOIR AU PRESIDENT DE LASSEMBLEE GENERALE OU POUVOIR A UNE PERSONNE DENOMMEE |
(3) Art. L 225-107 du Code de Commerce (extrait) : |
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(2) Art. L 225-106 du Code de Commerce (extrait) : |
« Tout actionnaire peut voter par correspondance, au moyen dun formulaire dont les mentions sont fixées par décret. Les dispositions contraires des statuts sont réputées non écrites.
Pour le calcul du quorum, il nest tenu compte que des formulaires qui ont été reçus par la Société avant la réunion de lAssemblée, dans les conditions de délais fixés par décret.
Les formulaires ne
donnant aucun sens de vote ou exprimant une abstention sont considérés comme des votes négatifs. »
Si vous désirez voter par correspondance, vous devez obligatoirement cocher la case JE VOTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE au recto.
Dans ce cas, il vous est demandé :
Pour les projets de résolutions proposées ou agréés par le Conseil dAdministration ou le Directoire ou la Gérance :
- - soit de voter « oui » pour lensemble des résolutions en ne noircissant aucune case,
- - soit de voter « non » ou de vous « abstenir » (ce qui équivaut à voter « non ») sur certaines ou sur toutes les résolutions en noircissant individuellement les cases correspondantes.
Pour les projets de résolutions non agréés par le Conseil dAdministration ou le Directoire ou la Gérance :
- - de voter résolution par résolution en noircissant la case correspondant à votre choix,
En outre, pour le cas où des amendements aux résolutions présentées ou des résolutions nouvelles seraient déposées lors de lassemblée, il vous est demandé dopter entre 3 solutions (pouvoir au
Président de lAssemblée Générale, abstention ou pouvoir à personne dénommée), en noircissant la case correspondante à votre choix.
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« Un actionnaire peut se faire représenter par un autre actionnaire ou par son conjoint. »
Tout actionnaire peut recevoir les pouvoirs émis par dautres actionnaires en vue dêtre représenté à une Assemblée, sans autres limites que celles résultant des dispositions légales ou statutaires
fixant le nombre maximal des voix dont peut disposer une même personne tant en son nom personnel que comme mandataire. Avant chaque réunion de lAssemblée Générale des actionnaires, le Président du
Conseil dAdministration ou le Directoire, selon le cas, peut organiser la consultation des actionnaires mentionnés à larticle L. 225-102 afin de leur permettre de désigner un ou plusieurs
mandataires pour les représenter à lAssemblée Générale conformément aux dispositions du présent article. Cette consultation est obligatoire lorsque, les statuts ayant été modifiés en application de
larticle L. 225-23 ou de larticle L. 225-71, lAssemblée Générale ordinaire doit nommer au Conseil dAdministration ou au Conseil de surveillance, selon le cas, un ou des salariés actionnaires ou
membres des Conseils de surveillance des fonds communs de placement dentreprise détenant des actions de la société. Les clauses contraires aux dispositions des alinéas précédents sont réputées non écrites.
Pour toute procuration dun actionnaire sans indication de mandataire, le Président de lAssemblée Générale émet un vote favorable à ladoption de projets de résolutions présentés ou agréés par le
Conseil dAdministration ou le Directoire, selon le cas, et un vote défavorable à ladoption de tous les autres projets de résolution. Pour émettre tout autre vote, lactionnaire doit faire choix
dun mandataire qui accepte de voter dans le sens indiqué par le mandant. |
(*) Le texte des résolutions figure dans le dossier de convocation joint au présent formulaire (art
D 133) : ne pas utiliser à la fois « JE VOTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE » et « JE DONNE POUVOIR A » (art D
133-8). La langue française fait foi.
NB : Si les informations contenues sur le présent formulaire sont utilisées pour un fichier nominatif informatisé, elles sont soumises aux prescriptions de la Loi 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978, notamment en ce qui concerne le droit daccès et de rectification pouvant être exercé par lintéressé.
I N S T R U C T I O N S F O R C O M P L E T I O N
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use the postal voting form (tick the appropriate box, date and sign below) |
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give your proxy to the Chairman of the meeting (date and just sign at the bottom without filling in) |
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give your proxy to another shareholder (tick and fill in the appropriate box, date and sign below) |
WHICHEVER OPTION IS USED the shareholders signature is necessary
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(1) The shareholder should write his exact name and address in capital letters in the space provided: if this information is already supplied, please verify and correct if necessary. If the shareholder is a legal entity, the
signatory should indicate his/her full name and the capacity in which he is entitled to sign on the legal entitys behalf. If the signatory is not the shareholder (e.g. a legal guardian, etc.), please specify your full name and
the capacity in which you are signing the proxy. |
The forms sent for one meeting will be valid for all meetings subsequently convened with the same agenda (art. 131-3-§3 of March 23, 1967 Decree). |
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POSTAL VOTING FORM
(3) Art L. 225-107 of Code de Commerce (extract): A shareholder can vote by post using a postal voting form determined by law.
Any other methods are deemed to be invalid.
Only the forms received by the Company before the meeting, within the time limit and conditions determined by law, are valid to calculate the quorum.
The forms giving non voting directions or indicating abstention are deemed to vote against.
If you wish to use the postal voting form, you must tick the box on the front of the document I VOTE BY POST.
In such event, please comply with the following instructions:
For the resolutions proposed or agreed by the Board, you can:
- - either vote for all the resolutions by leaving the boxes blank
- - or vote against or abstention (which is equivalent to voting against) by shading boxes of your choice,
For the resolutions not agreed by the Board, you can:
- - vote resolution by resolution by shading the appropriate boxes,
In the case of amendments or new resolutions during the shareholders meeting, you are requested to choose between three possibilities (proxy to the
chairman of the meeting, abstention or proxy to another shareholder by shading the appropriate box.
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PROXY TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING OR PROXY TO ANOTHER SHAREHOLDER
(2) Art L. 225-106 of Code de Commerce (extract): A shareholder can
have himself/herself represented by another shareholder or by his/her
spouse.
Any shareholder can receive proxies issued by the other shareholders to
have themselves represented at a meeting, without any other limitations
other than those laid down by the law or by the articles of association
fixing the maximum number of votes to which a person is entitled both in
his/her own name or a proxy. Before each shareholders meeting, the
Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Executive Board may consult
the shareholders listed in article L. 225-102 in order to allow them to
designate one or several proxies to represent them at the shareholders
meeting in accordance with this article. Such consultation is obligatory
when the articles of association, having been modified pursuant to
articles L. 225-23 or L. 225-71, require the shareholders ordinary
meeting to appoint to the Board of Directors or the Executive Board, one
or more shareholder employees or members of the Executive Board of a
pension fund holding shares in the company. The clauses in contradiction
with the provisions of the foregoing paragraphs are deemed to be
invalid.
When proxies do not indicate the name of the appointed proxy, the
chairman of the meeting will vote the proxy in favor of the adoption of
the draft resolutions presented or approved by the Board of Directors or
the Executive Board, and will vote the proxy against the adoption of all
the other draft resolutions. To give any other vote, the shareholder
must choose a proxy who accepts to vote as he/she indicates. |
(*) The text of the resolutions are in the notification of the meeting which is sent with this
proxy (art D 133) : please do not use both « I VOTE BY POST » and « I HEREBY APPOINT » (art D
133-8). The French version of this document governs. The English translation is for convenience
only.
NB : If any information included in this form is used for a computer file, it is protected by the provisions of law 78-17 of January 6, 1978, especially about rights of access and alteration that can be exercised by interested parties.
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Exhibit 99.7
If no instructions are received by the Depositary from any Owner with respect to any of
the Deposited Securities represented by the American Depositary Shares evidenced by such Owners
Receipts on or before the date established by the Depositary for such purpose, the Depositary shall
deem such Owner to have instructed the Depositary to vote such Deposited Securities and the
Depositary shall vote such Deposited Securities in favor of any resolution proposed by the
management of the Issuer and against any resolution not proposed by such management, except in case
where (i) the Issuer does not wish such vote cast, (ii) substantial opposition exists or (iii) such
matter materially and adversely affects the rights of holders of Shares or American Depositary
Shares.
NOTE:
As registered owners of American Depositary Shares are not registered as holders of Shares on
the registry maintained by or on behalf of Flamel Technologies, S.A., in accordance with French
company law and the statuts of the Flamel Technologies S.A., registered owners of American
Depositary Shares have no standing to (i) appear and vote at any meeting of holders of Shares, or
(ii) propose any resolution at any shareholders meeting. If a holder of American Depositary
Shares wishes to appear and vote at any meeting of the holders of Shares, or to propose any
resolution at such meeting, such holder must surrender its receipts and withdraw the corresponding
Deposited Securities pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Deposit Agreement and become registered on the
registry maintained by or on behalf of Flamel Technologies S.A. at least (i) one (1) Paris Business
Day prior to the date of the relevant shareholders meeting to appear and vote at such meeting, or
(ii) twenty-five (25) calendar days prior to the date of the relevant shareholders meeting to
propose any such resolution.
6 DETACH PROXY CARD HERE 6
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Mark, Sign, Date and
Return the Proxy Card Promptly
Using the Enclosed Envelope |
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Ordinary Resolutions |
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1. Approval of
Statutory Accounts for
year ended 31 December
2006. |
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2. Allocation of
results to retained
earnings. |
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3. Renewal of Mr. Elle
Vannier as Director |
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4. Renewal of Mr. Cor
Boonstra as Director |
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5. Renewal of Mr.
Frédéric Lemoine as
Director |
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Votes must be indicated
(x) in Black or Blue ink. |
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6. Renewal of Mr.
John L. Vogelstein as
Director. |
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7. Renewal of Mr.
Stephen H. Willard as
Director. |
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8. Renewal of Mr.
Lodeqijk J.R.
De Vink as
Director. |
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9. Renewal of Mr.
Frédéric Lemoine as
Director |
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10. Approval of
agreements referred to
in article L. 225-38 et
seq. of the Commercial
Code. |
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Extraordinary Resolutions |
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11. Authorization to be granted to the Board
of Directors for allocation of five hundred
thousand (500,000) stock options and taking
note of the resulting capital increases. |
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12. Authorization to be granted to the Board
of Directors with a view to allocation to two
hundred thousand (200,000) shares at no cost
(free shares) and taking note of the
resulting capital increases. |
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13. Authorization to be granted to the Board
of Directors for issue of a max # of one
hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) stock
warrants (BSA) reserved for a category of
persons consisting of the companys directors
who are neither authorized agents nor
employees of the company, but including the
Chairman of the Board of Directors;
authorization to be granted to the Board of
Directors for carrying out the resulting
capital increases. |
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14. Authorization to be granted to the Board
of Directors for increasing the share capital
by issues of shares reserved for the members
of a company saving plan established in
application of Article L443-5 et seq. of the
Labour Code. |
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15. Powers for formalities. |
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The Board of Directors advise to vote in favor of all resolutions, except for resolution 14.
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The Voting
Instruction must be
signed by the person in
whose name the relevant
Receipt is registered
on the books of the
Depositary. In the
case of a Corporation,
the Voting Instruction
must be executed by a
duly authorized Officer
or Attorney.
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Date Share Owners sign here
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Co-Owner sign here |
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Flamel Technologies S.A. |
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Instructions to The Bank of New York, as Depositary |
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(Must be received prior to 5:00 p.m. on May 8, 2007) |
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The undersigned registered owner of American Depositary Shares hereby
requests and instructs The Bank of New York, as Depositary, to endeavor,
in so far as practicable, to vote or cause to be voted the amount of
Ordinary Shares or other deposited securities represented by such American
Depositary Shares registered in the name of the undersigned on the books
of the Depositary as of the close of business on April 5, 2007 at the
Combined Shareholders Meeting of Flamel Technologies S.A. to be held on
May 15, 2007 in respect of the resolutions specified on the reverse.
NOTE: |
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Please direct the Depositary how it is to vote by placing an X in the
appropriate box beside
each resolution. |
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To change your address, please mark this box. |
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To include any comments, please mark this box. |
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Please complete and date this proxy on the reverse side and return it promptly in the accompanying envelope.
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exv99w8
Exhibit 99.8
DOCUMENT AND INFORMATION REQUEST FORM
I, the undersigned:
(first and last names and address) owner of (number of shares owned)
registered shares of Flamel Technologies, a Société Anonyme with a share capital of Euros 2.925.755
having its registered office at Parc Club du Moulin à Vent, 33, avenue du Docteur Georges Lévy,
69693 VENISSIEUX (France), identified under number 379 001 530 R.C.S. LYON (the Company),
Hereby request that the documents referred to at Section 135 of Decree n°67-236 dated March 23,
1967 and relating to the combined ordinary and extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the
Company to be held at the registered office on May 15th at 10 a.m., be addressed to me at
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In my capacity of owner of registered shares, I hereby also request in accordance with Article 138
of the above-mentioned Decree that a proxy form together with the documents and information set
forth at Articles 133 and 135 of the above-mentioned Decree be addressed to me on the occasion of
each subsequent shareholders meeting.*
I hereby declare that these shares are registered in an account held by CACEIS or Crédit
Lyonnais**.
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Done in _______________, on ___________
Signature of the shareholder
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*To be deleted if not requested |
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** To be deleted if unuseful |