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8SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING
STATUTS
Appendix to the nineteenth 5.
resolution : Draft of the articles of
association of Schneider Electric
SE, European Company
Part I. Nature – objectives – name – duration and registered office of the
company
Article 1 to the company's business or such as to encourage its
industry and commerce, and, more generally, all industrial,
The company shall be organized as a European company with a
commercial and financial, asset and real estate operations
board of directors.
related directly or indirectly in any way to the above objective.
Created on December 2 and 4, 1871, it continues to exist among The company may perform any operations that fall within the
the owners of the shares comprising its share capital, as indicated scope of its objectives either alone for its own benefit or on behalf
in article 6 hereafter, after merger with SCHNEIDER SA, a of third parties, either by having an interest in, or by the purchase,
company which itself absorbed its industrial subsidiary created on subscription, contribution or exchange of company shares,
October 21, 1836, as a limited partnership and transformed into a partnership shares and the purchase of any company, irrespective
public limited-liability company on May 31, 1966, and taking over of their type, in pursuance of a similar or related objective, or such
its name and converted into a European company by decision of as to encourage its expansion or development.
the ordinary and extraordinary annual general meeting of May6,
Article3
2014.
It is governed by the applicable laws and regulations and by these
bylaws. The name of the company is: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE.
Article2 Article4
The company has the following objectives, directly or indirectly, in The duration of the company, which was due to expire on
any form, in France and elsewhere: January1, 1887, has been extended by successive decisions
taken by General Meetings of the Shareholders on December8,
the design, development and sale of products, equipment(i)
1880, December17, 1887, December19, 1896, October29,
and solutions related to the metering, management and use
1908 and November20, 1928 until July1, 2031, unless there is a
of energy in all its forms and delivering reliability, efficiency
further extension or early wind-up of the company.
and productivity, in particular through the pursuance,
whether by creating, acquiring or otherwise, of all activities
Article5
related to:
electrical equipment manufacturing, electrical distribution
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The registered office of the company is at 35 Rue Joseph Monier,
and secured power supply,
92500 RUEIL MALMAISON.
building control, automation and safety,
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industrial control and automation, including software,
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The registered offices may be transferred within the same
management of all types of data centers, networks,
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département or to an adjoining département by the board of
equipment and other infrastructure;
directors, under the condition that the decision to do so is ratified
at the next Ordinary General Meeting of the shareholders.
the acquisition, purchase, sale and use of any intellectual or(ii)
industrial property rights relating to these industries;
The board of directors may establish and close down offices,
involvement in any way in any enterprise, company or(iii)
branches or other entities wherever it deems fit.
consortium, whatever the type, undertaking activities related
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