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Paris, November 5, 2007 – Bureau Veritas announced today that, in relation to its initial public offering,
the Joint Bookrunners have exercised in full the over-allotment option resulting in the purchase from
Wendel of 4,283,445 additional existing shares at the offering price of €37.75 per share.

As a result, the total number of Bureau Veritas shares offered in connection with its initial public offering
amounts to 32,839,750 shares (excluding the employee offering), or approximately 31% of Bureau
Veritas’ share capital, thereby increasing the total offering size to approximately €1,240 million.

Following the exercise of the over-allotment option, Wendel will hold 63.6% of the share capital.

About Bureau Veritas

Founded in 1828, Bureau Veritas is an international group specialised in the inspection, analysis, audit, and certification of products, infrastructure (buildings, industrial sites, equipment, ships, etc.) and management systems (ISO standards etc.) in relation to regulatory or voluntary frameworks.

Bureau Veritas ranks as the world's second largest group in conformity assessment and certification services in the fields of quality, health and safety, environment, and social responsibility ("QHSE") and the world leader in QHSE services not including commodity testing. Bureau Veritas is recognised and accredited by major national and international organisations.

Bureau Veritas is present in 140 countries through a network of 700 offices and laboratories. It has more than 27,000 employees and a client base of more than 280,000.

In the last ten years, since 1996, Bureau Veritas has quadrupled its sales to €1.846 billion in 2006. Its operating profit has increased seven-fold to €268 million. In 2006, the group posted consolidated net profit of €154 million.
Since 24 October 2007, Bureau Veritas has been listed on the Euronext Paris Eurolist (Compartment A, code ISIN FR 0006174348, mnemonic: BVI).

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requirements. Bureau Veritas does not intend to register any securities under the US Securities Act or
to offer any securities to the public in the United States.

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liquidity of Bureau Veritas, as well as the evolution of its current industry, may differ materially from the
forward-looking statements contained in this release. All forward-looking statements are based on
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circumstances or events arise after the date of this release. Moreover, the occurrence of certain risks
described in chapter 4 of the French Document de base and of the Update as well as in chapter 2 of the
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Contacts

Analysts-investors 
Claire Plais – +33 (0)1 42 91 28 54 

Journalists
Véronique Gielec – +33 (0)1 42 91 32 74
Olivier Richard – +33 (0)1 42 91 33 26