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2009 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC204
GENERAL PRESENTATION OF SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SA
7GENERAL INFORMATION
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1. General information
Schneider Electric SA is a Société Anonyme (joint-stock corporation)
governed by the French Commercial Code, with issued capital
of EUR 2,102,016,200. Since May3, 2006, it has had a two-tier
management structure, with a Supervisory Board and a Management
Board. Its head offi ce is located at 35, rue Joseph Monier - 92500
Rueil-Malmaison, France (phone: [phone]).
The Company is registered in Nanterre under no.542 048 574,
business identifi er code (APE) 7010Z.
Schneider Electric SA was founded in 1871. Its term is up to July1,
2031. The Company, which was called Spie Batignolles, changed its
name to Schneider SA when it merged with Schneider SA in 1995,
and then to Schneider Electric SA in May1999.
As stated in article3 of the bylaws, the Company has the following
objectives, directly or indirectly, in any form, in France and elsewhere:
(i) the design, development and sale of products, equipment
and solutions related to the metering, management and use
of energy in all its forms and delivering reliability, effi ciency and
productivity, in particular through the pursuance, whether by
creating, acquiring or otherwise, of all activities related to:
•electrical equipment manufacturing, electrical distribution and
secured power supply;
•building control, automation and safety;
•industrial control and automation, including software;
•management of all types of data centre s, networks, equipment
and other infrastructure.
(ii) the acquisition, purchase, sale and use of any intellectual or
industrial property rights relative to these industries.
(iii) involvement in any way in any enterprise, company or
consortium, whatever the type, undertaking activities related to
the Company’s business or such as to encourage its industry
and commerce, and, more generally, all industrial, commercial
and fi nancial, real estate and assets operations related directly
or indirectly in any way to the above objective.
The Company may perform any operations that fall within the
scope of its objectives either alone for its own benefi t or on behalf
of third parties, either by having an interest in, or by the purchase,
subscription, contribution or exchange of company shares,
partnership shares and the purchase of any company, irrespective
of their type, in pursuance of a similar or related objective, or such
as to encourage its extension or development.
The bylaws, minutes of Shareholders’ Meetings, Auditors’ Reports
and other legal documents concerning the Company are available
for consultation at the Company’s head office (Management
Board secretariat) located at 35 rue Joseph Monier - 92500 Rueil-
Malmaison, France.
The bylaws, regulated information, Registration Document, sustainable
development reports, calls to meeting and other documents are also
available on the corporate website (www. schneider-electric.com).
This report includes the Chairman’s report on the conditions applicable for the preparation and organisation of the
work carried out by the Supervisory Board, the membership of the Supervisory Board, and the internal control and risk
management procedures implemented within the Company.
Paragraph 2 below, as well as the paragraph entitled “A Management Board/Supervisory Board system”, paragraphs
1, 2, 3, 4, 8 (Management Board and Executive Committee compensation policy), 10 and 11 of Chapter 3, indicated
by **, constitute the Chairman’ s report prepared in accordance with articleL.225 -68 of the French Commercial Code.