Paris, June 2, 2009

Demos invites its shareholders to attend the Annual Ordinary and Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting that will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at Demos headquarters located 20 rue de l’Arcade – 75008 Paris, France.

Notice of the Annual General Meeting containing the agenda and the proposed resolutions was published on May 8, 2009 in the legal gazette “Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires”, n° 55.

The documents provided for in Article R. 225-83 of the French Code de Commerce are available for inspection by the shareholders, pursuant to applicable regulations.

 
- For registered shares: any shareholder can request the documents to be sent to him/her before the 5th day (included) preceding the Annual General Meeting. For bearer shares: any shareholder will be entitled to the same rights upon production of a shareholder certificate issued by its financial intermediary.

- The documents are available for inspection by any shareholder at the company’s headquarters during 15 days before the Annual General Meeting.

The Annual General Shareholders Meeting’s agenda includes ordinary resolutions such as the approval of the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. In addition, the shareholders will deliberate on the renewal of the financial authorizations granted to the Board of Directors in order to enable the Board to promptly adopt appropriate decisions with regard to the financing of the Company’s business. In particular, the shareholders will deliberate on the renewal of the authorization granted to the Board in order to issue shares or securities with or without shareholder’s preferential right of subscription, by way of capitalization of reserves, capitalization of net income, or capitalization of issuance, merger or contribution premiums, along with the authorization granted to the Board in order to issue bonds with redeemable warrants to subscribe to and/or purchase shares (“OBSAAR”). Moreover, the shareholders will deliberate on authorizations allowing the Board of Directors to set up employee profit-sharing schemes (including stock-option plans and allocation of free shares).

For further information regarding this meeting please contact :

Demos
Magali Alaux
Group Legal Manager
malaux@demos.fr
+33 1 44 94 16 17
 

About Demos Group

A reference player focused on operational skills and the economics of knowledge.

Demos Group is a global player in continuing education. Based on its core business, continuing education in all its forms (actual person to person training and distance learning), Demos has developed innovative and complementary training methods such as e-learning. Other activities relevant to the economics of knowledge also enrich the Group’s services, and in particular competence management consultancy and the distribution of educational content.

A proven business model that can be reproduced internationally

Demos is present in 16 countries and in France’s major towns. The Group has successfully combined substantial organic growth with an efficient external growth policy, which now enables it to both support  international clients and develop local clients. The Group’s market is flourishing, its offer is diversified, its standards in terms of quality are high, it is permanently innovating and the business model is both flexible and high-performance, all of which render this Group one of the reference players in vocational training. 

Regular and profitable growth

In 2008, Demos Group generated revenue of 97.4 million euros, a 24.5% growth compared to 2007, for an operating income of € 8.7m and net income group share of € 4m.

Contacts :
Demos
Emmanuel Courtois
Chief Operating Officer
ecourtois@demos.fr

Kaélia
Cécile Sornay
Financial Communications Advisor
+33(4) 72 00 46 54 or cecile.sornay@kaelia.fr