PRESS RELEASE April 15, 2015

WENDEL: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SET FOR JUNE 5, 2015

Wendel informs its shareholders that the Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Annual General Meeting will be held on June 5, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. at the Palais Brongniart (Place de la Bourse - 75002 PARIS).

The notice of meeting, being worth convening notice, is published today in the Bulletin des Annonces Légales et Obligatoires (www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/balo). It includes notably the agenda, projects of resolutions which will be presented to the Assembly and the conditions to attend and vote. It is also available on the Wendel website: wendelgroup.com, in the "Shareholder's portal", "General meeting" section.

Shareholders will be asked to approve a dividend of €2.00 per share, with ex-dividend date on June 10, 2015 and dividend payment date on June 12, 2015.

Other documents and information concerning this meeting will be available to shareholders and also published on the

Wendel website from May 15, 2015, under legal and regulatory conditions.

2015 Calendar

Shareholders' Meeting / Publication of NAV and trading update (pre-market

release)

Friday, June 5, 2015

H1 2015 earnings / Publication of NAV (pre-market release)

Thursday, September 10, 2015

2015 Investor Day / Publication of NAV and trading update (pre-market release)

Thursday, December 3, 2015

About Wendel

Wendel is one of Europe's leading listed investment firms. The Group invests in Europe, North America and Africa, in companies that are leaders in their field, such as Bureau Veritas, Saint-Gobain, Materis Paints, Stahl, IHS and Constantia Flexibles. Wendel plays an active role as industry shareholder in these companies. It implements long-term development strategies, which involve boosting growth and margins of companies so as to enhance their leading market positions. Through Oranje-Nassau Développement, which brings together opportunities for investment in growth, diversification and innovation, Wendel is also a shareholder of Van Gansewinkel Groep in the Netherlands, exceet in Germany, Mecatherm and Parcours in France, Nippon Oil Pump in Japan, Saham Group in Africa and CSP Technologies in the United States.

Wendel is listed on Eurolist by Euronext Paris.
Standard & Poor's ratings: Long-term: BBB-, stable outlook - Short-term: A-3 since July 7, 2014.
Wendel is the Founding Sponsor of Centre Pompidou-Metz. In recognition of its long-term patronage of the arts, Wendel received the
distinction of "Grand Mécène de la Culture" in 2012.

Press contacts Analyst and investor contacts Christine Anglade-Pirzadeh: +33 (0)1 42 85 63 24 Olivier Allot: +33 (0)1 42 85 63 73 c.angladepirzadeh@wendelgroup.com o.allot@wendelgroup.com

Caroline Decaux: +33 (0)1 42 85 91 27 Elisa Muntean: +33 (0)1 42 85 63 67 c.decaux@wendelgroup.com e.muntean@wendelgroup.com
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