APC 2010 Annual Report Download - page 249

GENERAL PRESENTATION OF SCHNEIDERELECTRICSA
CAPITAL
Identifiable holders of bearer shares (Article7 paragraph3 of the articles
ofassociation)
As approved by the combined Annual and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meetings of June30, 1988 and May5, 2000, the Company may at
any time request that Euroclear identify holders of bearer shares carrying voting rights either immediately or in the future.
Sale of shares (Article8 of the articles of association)
The Company’s shares are transferable and negotiable.
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3. Capital
Share capital and voting rights
The Company’s share capital at December31, 2010 amounted to
EUR2,175,672,728, represented by 271,959,091shares with a par
value of EUR8, all fully paid up. At December31, 2010, 287,955,220
voting rights were attached to the 271,959,091 outstanding shares.
Potential capital
At 31December, 2010, stock options granted under:
•stock option plans 21-28 represented 3,600,272shares;
•plans 29-33 represented another 1,830,863shares corresponding
to options to either subscribe new shares or purchase existing
shares. The type of options (options to subscribe new shares or
purchase existing shares) will be determined at a later date by the
Management Board;
•stock grants made or to be made under plans4-11 concerned
1,830,604 shares. The type of stock grants (exercisable for
existing or new shares) will be determined at a later date by the
Management Board;
•in addition, as part of employee share issues, the Company has
issued 59,043share subscription warrants;
Together, these plans represent a total of 7,478,782shares.
The potential maximum dilution in case of issue of all the shares
as a result of the exercise of options to subscribe, stock grants,
performance-based grants and warrants would be 2.75% at
December31, 2010.
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