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PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FORTHEREGISTRATION DOCUMENT ANDAUDITOFTHE ACCOUNTS
Persons responsible
fortheRegistration Document
andauditofthe accounts
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Person responsible for the
R egistration D ocument
Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman of the Management Board and
CEO.
Attestation by the person responsible for the R egistration
D ocument
I hereby declare that, having taken all reasonable care to ensure
that such is the case, the information contained in the registration
document is, to the best of my knowledge, in accordance with the
facts and contains no omission likely to affect its import.
I hereby declare that, to the best of my knowledge, the fi nancial
statements have been prepared in accordance with applicable
accounting standards and that they present fairly, in all material
respects, the assets, fi nancial position and results of the company
and the consolidated group at December31, 2009.
To the best of my knowledge, the business review provided on
pages 105 to 112 presents fairly the changes in business, results
and fi nancial position of the company and the consolidated group,
as well as a description of their principal risks and contingencies.
I obtained a statement from the Statutory Auditors at the end of
their engagement affi rming that they have read the whole of the
registration document and examined the information about the
fi nancial position and the historical accounts contained therein.
The historical fi nancial information presented in the Registration
Document is the subject of the Statutory Auditors’ reports appearing
on pages 181 and 198. The report on the consolidated fi nancial
statements for the period ended December 31, 2009 contains
an observation relating to accounting standards and changes in
accounting method.
Rueil-Malmaison, March19 , 2010
Chairman of the Management Board
Jean-Pascal Tricoire
Pursuant to article 28 of regulation 809/2004/EC, the following information is incorporated by reference in the present registration
document:
•the consolidated fi nancial statements and corresponding Auditors’ Reports provided in Chapter 6 of the registration document
for the ended December 31, 2008, registered with Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) under number D09-0124 on March
17, 2009,
•the consolidated fi nancial statements and corresponding Auditors’ Reports provided in Chapter 5 of the registration document
for the ended December 31, 2007, registered with Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) under number D08-0112 on March
17, 2008,
•the annual company fi nancial statements and corresponding Auditors’ Reports provided in Chapter 7 of the registration
document for the ended December 31, 2008, registered with Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) under number D09-0124
on March 17, 2009,
•the annual company fi nancial statements and corresponding Auditors’ Reports provided in Chapter 6 of the registration
document for the ended December 31, 2007, registered with Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) under number D08-0112
on March 17, 2008,
•the business review provided in Chapter 4 of the registration document for the ended December 31, 2008, registered with
Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) under number D09-0124 on March 17, 2009,
•the business review provided in Chapter 4 of the registration document for the ended December 31, 2007, registered with
Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) under number D08-0112 on March 17, 2008.
Passages not incorporated in this document are either irrelevant for the investor or covered in another section of the registration
document.