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GENERAL PRESENTATION OF SCHNEIDERELECTRICSA
7GENERAL INFORMATION
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 and the internal control and risk management procedures implemented within the
Company.
Paragraphs 2 (Shareholders’ Meetings and Voting rights) and 7 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 and Pension benefi ts), 10 and 11 of Chapter 3 constitute the Supervisory Board Chairman’s report prepared in
accordance with article L.225 -68 of the French Commercial Code.They are indicated with **.
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1. General information
Schneider Electric SA is a French corporation (Société Anonyme)
governed by the French Commercial Code, with issued capital
of EUR2,175,672,728. 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2 of its articles of association, the Company has
the following objectives, directly or indirectly, engaged 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
secure power supply;
•building control, automation and safety;
•industrial control and automation, including software;
•management of all types of data centers, 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 other 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 type, in pursuance of a similar or related objective, or such as to
encourage its extension or development.
The articles of association, minutes of Shareholders’ Meetings,
Auditors’ reports and other legal documents concerning the
Company are available for consultation at the Company’s head offi ce
(Management Board secretariat) located at 35 rue Joseph Monier -
92500 Rueil-Malmaison, France.
The articles of association, regulated information, Registration
Documents, sustainable development reports, calls to meeting and
other documents are also available on the corporate website (http://
www.schneider-electric.com).
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