Massive approval of all resolutions put to the vote Payment of a dividend of 58 euro cents per share Re-election of Yann Leriche as Director Change in the statutory age limit for the Chairman of the Board

PARIS, May 14, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:

Getlink SE's (Paris:GET) Combined General Meeting was held at "Le V"28 Chateauform'George V in Paris (75008) on Wednesday 14 May 2025 under the chairmanship of Jacques Gounon.

The quorum of shareholders present or represented, based on a total of 428,670,765 shares present or represented, reached a new record this year of 79.09% of shares with voting rights.

All the resolutions put to the vote by the Board were overwhelmingly approved1 . After approving the parent company and consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, General Meeting approved the various items of remuneration for corporate officers by scores of over 97.83% and up to 99.89%, as well as the distribution of a dividend of 58 cents per share entitled to dividends.

The Meeting also approved :

The reappointment of Yann Leriche as Director. The Board remains composed of 15 members, with almost 42% women directors (excluding employee representatives) and an independence rate of 50%. The statutory age limit for the Chairman has been raised from 70 to 75; The reappointment of Forvis Mazars SA and the appointment of Deloitte & Associés as statutory auditors responsible for certifying the financial statements and sustainability information.

Deloitte & Associé, represented by Olivier Broissand, succeeds KPMG, represented by Philippe Cherqui, who had been the company's statutory auditors since 9 March 2007. Jacques Gounon warmly thanked Philippe Cherqui and the KPMG teams for the quality of their work over the years.

About Getlink

Getlink SE (Euronext Paris: GET), through its subsidiary Eurotunnel, holds the concession for the Channel Tunnel infrastructure until 2086 and operates Truck Shuttles and Passenger Shuttles (cars and coaches) between Folkestone (UK) and Calais (France). Since 31 December 2020, Eurotunnel has been developing smart border services to ensure that the Tunnel remains the fastest, most reliable, easiest and most environmentally friendly way to cross the Channel. Since it opened in 1994, almost 500 million people and more than 102 million vehicles have travelled through the Channel Tunnel. This unique land link, which carries a quarter of all trade between the Continent and the United Kingdom, has become a vital link, reinforced by the ElecLink electricity interconnector installed in the Tunnel, which helps to balance energy needs between France and the United Kingdom. Getlink completes its sustainable mobility services with its rail freight subsidiary Europorte. Committed to "low-carbon" services that control their impact on the environment (through its activities the Group avoids the equivalent of 1.9 million tonnes of CO2 per year), Getlink has made the place of people, nature and the territories a central concern

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1 Details of the votes taken, resolution by resolution, are published on the Group's website, in the section dedicated to Getlink's Combined General Meeting: General Meeting 2025.

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